AI-Assisted Robots for Elderly Care Pass Patient Testing Phase

The SPRING project, led by the National Robotarium, successfully trials robots in a French hospital, demonstrating their ability to perform routine tasks and reduce physical contact.

• The SPRING (Socially Assistive Robots in Gerontological Healthcare) project, a collection of eight robots designed to assist elderly patients in hospitals, has successfully passed the patient testing phase.
• The robots were able to perform routine tasks such as greeting patients, providing directions, and answering questions, and were also able to understand group conversations.
• The use of these robots reduced the amount of physical contact between healthcare workers and patients, potentially reducing the spread of infections in hospital settings.
• The SPRING project began nearly four and a half years ago and is funded by Horizon 2020, a research and innovation initiative by the European Union.
• The robots were trialed at Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris in France and the project is led by the National Robotarium, a partnership between Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh.

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