
Episode #5
5. Martine Herpers
<p>Healthcare requires physically and mentally demanding services day and night. In order to relieve caregivers, robots could be used around the clock as social assistance robots or robotic devices. Research into care robots has been ongoing for more than 25 years. While studies introducing new robots are often considered successful and the robots are widely accepted by users, a look at care facilities shows that the robots are not catching on there. Only 10% of all nursing staff have ever had contact with robots during their work. Martine takes an interviewing approach to explaining this discrepancy. Experts with insider knowledge in...

