Where AI can help care for the sick and elderly – and where it can’t

By Bernadette Winter

Assistance robots like this one could be used more and more frequently in care. — dpa

As populations age, more and more people are asking how best to organise care for the elderly in future.

Trained staff will be important, as will technology and innovation – which may include artificial intelligence (AI).

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Assistance robots like this one could be used more and more frequently in care. — dpa

How a remote-controlled robotic arm can help caregivers is being investigated here at the Oldenburg Institute of Computer Science (OFFIS). — Tina Freese/OFFIS - Institut für Informatik/dpa

How much computer intelligence and machines can nursing care tolerate without losing its humanity? — dpa

Robotic arms can help caregivers move people in need of care. In practice, however, something like this, which is being tested in a trial here at the University of Oldenburg, has hardly existed so far. — dpa

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