Category Archives: Activities of daily living (ADL)

The things we normally do…such as feeding ourselves, bathing, dressing, grooming, work, homemaking, and leisure.

Panasonic Presents 3 Care Robots at Tokyo’s HCRE

Posted on Monday October 10th, 2011 by Jeroen Arendsen

Bron: NTDTV Last week the Home Care & Rehabilitation Exhibition was held in Tokyo. On it Panasonic demonstrated three interesting and (rather) new products: A Hair-Washing Robot A Bed-Chair ‘Transformer’ A Telepresence Robot, HOSPI-Rimo The video provides good info, both … Continue reading →

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More Robot Helpers by the Bed?

Posted on Tuesday January 18th, 2011 by Jeroen Arendsen

Internet polls. Hardly reliable, but sometimes interesting to read. The Dutch website Zorgvisie held a poll about: ‘More robot helpers by the bed. An improvement for healthcare or not?’. The result: 73 procent of the 371 responding visitors of Zorgvisie.nl … Continue reading →

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Robotic Eating Aids

Posted on Friday January 7th, 2011 by Jeroen Arendsen

Perhaps robotic eating aids are not as exciting as Paro or other social, interactive robots, but they can make a huge difference for both clients and caregivers. Eating is important and we do it frequently, so if a client with … Continue reading →

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