Robotics in Caregiving: A Concise Review of Literature

As elderly populations across the world grow at an exponential rate and the demand for caregivers grows more critical by the day, the need for a solution has people asking themselves compelling technical and ethical questions about the inclusion of robots in caregiving. This concise literature review discusses past research papers and studies from the field and covers the trends, technology, perspectives of both patients and caregivers and the ethical questions that come along with introducing robots into caregiving settings. Overall, we found that while it is agreed upon by researchers that human caregivers cannot be fully replaced, the addition of caregiving robots can provide patients with increased freedom and quality of care.