Abstract
In recent years, with the current advancements in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI), robots have the potential to support the field of healthcare. Robotic systems are often introduced in the care of the elderly, children, and persons with disabilities, in hospitals, in rehabilitation and walking assistance, and other healthcare situations. In this survey paper, the recent advances in robotic technology applied in the healthcare domain are discussed. The paper provides detailed information about state-of-the-art research in care, hospital, assistive, rehabilitation, and walking assisting robots. The paper also discusses the open challenges healthcare robots face to be integrated into our society.
Highlights
Rajavenkatanarayanan, A.; An aging population presents a growing challenge in our society
The purpose of this review is to present the effectiveness of the available healthcare robots, to address the open challenges they face, and to discuss the future of robotic technology in healthcare
A systematic search of IEEE Explore, ACM Digital Library, ScienceDirect, and Google Scholar were performed to identify research papers that discuss robotic systems in healthcare. These databases were selected as they include a collection of indexed publications, conference proceedings, and journals associated with robotics and they are accessible within the library of the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA)
Summary
Rajavenkatanarayanan, A.; An aging population presents a growing challenge in our society. Sander et al [1] summarized three main challenges of a rapidly aging population: “the biological challenge is to retain a high level of physical and mental capacity in late stages of life; the social challenge is to optimize the retirement age and the cultural challenge is to provide older individuals with the opportunity to live with purpose and dignity” To address these challenges, the need for healthcare workers and caregivers is important. This article seeks to answer the following questions: 2 These questions guide us to identify the current technology readiness level of healthcare robots and to identify the potential future research and development needed to integrate robots into human-centric environments.
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