Title
Robotics for healthcare: Final report
Author
Butter, M.
Rensma, A.
van Boxsel, J.
Kalisingh, S.
Schoone, M.
Leis, M.
Gelderblom, G.J.
Cremers, G.
de Wilt, M.
Kortekaas, W.
Thielmaan, A.
Cuhls, K.
Sachinopoulou, A.
Korhonen, I.
TNO Informatie- en Communicatietechnologie
TNO, The Netherlands Vilans, The netherlands EuroAct, Japan FhG ISI, Germany VTT, Finland
Publication year
2008
Abstract
For the last two decades the European Commission (EC), and in particular the Directorate General Information Society and Media, has been strongly supporting the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in healthcare. ICT is an enabling technology which can provide various solutions in the healthcare sector, ranging from electronic patient records and health information networks to intelligent prosthetics and robotised surgery. The EC funded the present study with the aim to investigate the potential of robotics in healthcare. Robotics for healthcare is an emerging field which is expected to grow in the face of demographic change (ageing), expected shortages of healthcare personnel, calls for improving quality of life for the elderly and disabled, and the need for even higher quality care, for example high precision surgery. All these factors stimulate innovation in the domain of Robotics for Healthcare. Several programs and networks dedicated to research on robotics are already focusing part of their efforts on applications in healthcare.
Subject
Biomedical Innovation
Health
Healthy Living
robotics
healthcare
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TNO identifier
462086
Bibliographical note
Maurits Butter (TNO) Arjan Rensma (TNO) Joey van Boxsel (TNO) Sandy Kalisingh (TNO) Marian Schoone (TNO) Miriam Leis (TNO) Gert Jan Gelderblom (Vilans) Ger Cremers (Vilans) Monique de Wilt (Vilans) Willem Kortekaas (EuroAct, Japan) Axel Thielmann & Kerstin Cuhls (FhG ISI, Germany) Anna Sachinopoulou & Ilkka Korhonen (VTT, Finland)
Document type
report