In China, the number of people aged 60 and over will rise from 280 million to more than 400 million by 2035, the country’s National Health Commission estimates.
To respond to the rising demand for medical services amid labour shortages and the ageing population, a Shanghai-based firm, Fourier Intelligence, is developing a humanoid robot that can be deployed in healthcare facilities.
“As we move forward, the entire GR-1 could be a caregiver, could be a therapy assistant, can be a companion at home for the elderly who stay alone,” said the CEO and Co-founder of Fourier Intelligence, Zen Koh.
As someone who is getting older every day, I’m horrified. I hope these things come with an assisted suicide feature.
Up to a limit, maybe. But the skin tears from anything significant in the way of personal care will be absurd. That’s hard enough to avoid with human hands that can detect pressure very well, training, and every possible step taken to avoid them.
There is zero chance that there’s a robot capable of that in the next twenty years.
