HospiBot Health Care

Demographic change poses major challenges for industrialized countries such as Germany and Denmark: People are living longer and the birth rate is falling. This is putting a strain on social institutions. This is clearly noticeable in the healthcare sector. More and more people - especially in old age - are dependent on nursing staff. Here, automation and the use of robots can help to streamline processes, make hospitals more effective and pleasant and free up staff for tasks where people are needed. Many processes have already been automated in German and Danish hospitals in recent years: Robots deliver goods or disinfect hands. However, there is still huge potential to use robots for more complex tasks. The HospiBot project aims to develop a space-saving, interactive, modular and mobile service robot that could take on the following tasks, for example: Greeting and guiding, patrolling, helping patients with non-medical needs, cleaning and disinfecting surfaces or minor logistical tasks. In order to compensate for the lack of a legal framework for the use of robots in hospitals and to develop guidelines, a regular exchange between the healthcare organizations involved is planned. This could lead to cross-border standardization, which in turn could facilitate the spread and acceptance of robots in hospitals.