Can robots contribute to good care?
For years, the number of people in need of care has increased, while it is becoming increasingly difficult to recruit enough nurses. In view of the emerging demographic challenges, the potential of service robotics is increasingly becoming the focus, in order to be able to relieve the burden on carers and to support those in need of care in everyday life. For various tasks in the care of the elderly there are corresponding prototypes in development and some are already in use. The TAB working report »Robotics and Assistive Neurotechnologies in Nursing« addresses the societal implications of this development, with a particular focus on the clarification of normative issues and the possibilities for the prospective design of technology development.
The TA project focused on the following questions: How can robots contribute to good care and which ethical challenges result from the increasing mechanisation and particularly from an automation of everyday care? What are the current regulations for dealing with robotic care technologies, particularly with regard to issues of security, liability and data privacy? Are they appropriate to the upcoming challenges? What could be an adequate governance of technology development in order to find solutions that are demand-oriented and capable of gaining acceptance?
The TAB-Fokus no. 17, now available in Englisch, features the key findings of the TA study, which was prepared from 2016 to 2017. The full report is available only in German.
26.06.2018
Downloads:
- TAB-Fokus no. 17
Robotics in the care sector - challenges for society. - TAB-Arbeitsbericht Nr. 177
Robotik und assistive Neurotechnologien in der Pflege - gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen.
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