Open AccessDevelopment of a Care Robot Based on Needs Survey
Author(s) -
Junji Kawata,
Jiro Morimoto,
Yoshio Kaji,
Mineo Higuchi,
Kajiro Matsumoto,
Masayuki Booka,
Shoichiro Fujisawa
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of robotics and mechatronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1883-8049
pISSN - 0915-3942
DOI - 10.20965/jrm.2021.p0739
Subject(s) - economic shortage , robot , field (mathematics) , field survey , nursing , computer science , psychology , artificial intelligence , medicine , engineering , linguistics , philosophy , civil engineering , mathematics , government (linguistics) , pure mathematics
Expectations for care robots are increasing owing to the aging of society with a declining birthrate and shortage of manpower in the care field. However, the use of care robots has not yet become widespread. In this study, we explained the artificial intelligence (AI) technology to care staff and conducted a questionnaire survey to understand their needs. Then, we began to develop a care robot that was required in the care field. In this paper, we report an overview and the current status of the study.