A survey of assistive robots and systems for elderly care

Purpose The rousing phenomenon of the ageing population is becoming a vital issue and demanding fulminant actions. Population ageing is a resultant of the enhanced health-care system, groovy antibiotics, medications and economic well-being. Old age leads to copious amounts of ailments. Aged people,...

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Published in:Journal of enabling technologies 2021-06, Vol.15 (1), p.66-72
Main Authors: Santhanaraj, Karthik Kumar, M.M, Ramya, D, Dinakaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptive technology
Adults
Aging
Animal assisted therapy
Antibiotics
Cardiovascular disease
Caregivers
Caretakers
Decision making
Disability
Economic wellbeing
Elder care
Exercise
Health services
Holistic approach
Intelligence
Loneliness
Mobility
Motivation
Older people
People with disabilities
Pets
Polls & surveys
Population
Robotics
Robots
Sensors
Social interaction
Well being
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Summary:Purpose The rousing phenomenon of the ageing population is becoming a vital issue and demanding fulminant actions. Population ageing is a resultant of the enhanced health-care system, groovy antibiotics, medications and economic well-being. Old age leads to copious amounts of ailments. Aged people, owing to their reduced mobility and enervating disabilities, tend to rely upon caretakers and/or nursing personnel. With the increasing vogue of nuclear families in the society, the elderly are at the risk of being unveiled to emotional, physical and fiscal insecurities in the years to come. Caring for those seniors will be an enormous undertaking. Design/methodology/approach There is a dire need for an intelligent assistive system to meet out the requirements of continuous holistic care and monitoring. Assistive robots and systems used for elderly care are studied. The design motivation for the robots, elderly–robot interaction capabilities and technology incorporated in the systems are examined meticulously. Findings From the survey, it is suggested that the subsystems of an assistive robot revamped for better human–machine interactions will be a potential alternative to the human counterpart. Affirmable advancements in the robot design and interaction methodologies that would increase the holistic care and assistance for aged people are analyzed and listed. Originality/value This paper reviews the available assistive technologies and suggests a synergistic model that can be adopted for the caring of the elderly.
ISSN:2398-6263
2398-6271
DOI:10.1108/JET-10-2020-0043