By: Healtheuropa
Oct 30, 2019
The £33.9m (~€39.3m) research will be conducted over 5 years. The project plans to develop a sophisticated ‘care robot’ which could be deployed to assist the elderly. These robots will take on challenges like helping people up after a fall, making sure medication is taken and delivering meals. The use of ‘care robots’ will hopefully reduce the possibility of people taking advantage of an already vulnerable group of individuals.
As the UK faces an aging population, the government published a statement suggesting that by 2040, one in seven people are expected to be over the age of 75. Due to this it is important for the government to have a reliable and safe care system.
Authorities have already invested in a similar project called CHIRON. The scheme ran between 2016 and 2018 with the Bristol Robotics Laboratory acting as one of its key technology partners.