Lacking Health Workers, Germany Taps Robots for Elder Care

Lacking health workers, Germany taps robots for elder care

An estimated 670,000 carer posts will go unfilled by 2050 in Europe's most populous country, which is also one of the world's most rapidly aging.

Lacking Health Workers, Germany Taps Robots for Elder Care

The white-colored humanoid "Garmi" does not look much different from a typical robot — it stands on a platform with wheels and is equipped with a black screen on which two blue circles acting as eyes are attached. But retired German doctor Guenter Steinebach, 78, said: "For me, this robot is a dream." Not only is Garmi able to perform diagnostics on patients, it can also provide care and treatment for them. Or at least, that is the plan. Garmi i…

Lacking health workers, Germany taps robots for elder care

The white-colored humanoid "Garmi" does not look much different from a typical robot - it stands on a platform with wheels and is equipped with a black screen on which two blue circles acting as eyes are attached.But retired German doctor Guenter Steinebach, 78, said: "For me, this robot is a dream."

Lacking health workers, Germany taps robots for elder care

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN: The white-coloured humanoid Garmi does not look much different from a typical robot — it stands on a platform with wheels and is equipped with a black screen on which...

Germany uses robots for elder healthcare

Garmi is product of geriatronics, a discipline that taps advanced technologies for geriatrics, gerontology, nursing

Lacking health workers, Germany taps robots for elder care

The white-coloured humanoid "Garmi" does not look much different from a typical robot -- it stands on a platform with wheels and is equipped with a black screen on which two blue circles acting as eyes are attached.