Potential Benefits

One of the benefits of social robots is the wide variety of patients that they can provide care to, including adults, children, and even animals. This reduces the amount of work for health care providers, as robots can be placed into a wide variety of settings. A study by Bouchard and co-authors shows that healthcare providers view social robots as beneficial for aiding patients who have heart failure (Bouchard et al., 2023). According to Gonzalez and co-authors, these robots were first proven to be extremely useful in healthcare during the Covid19 pandemic (Gonzalez et al., 2021). Social robots are currently being made even more human-like, as they aid patients with multiple illnesses and diseases, acting as caregivers or potentially even members of families. They can aid individuals, resulting in the need for fewer human services, leading to a feeling of more independence. Research shows that social robots have aided both adults and children alike in fighting diseases like cancer, autism, diabetes, and dementia SOCIAL ROBOTS IN HEALTHCARE 3 (Gonzalez et al., 2021). While social robots provide many benefits in healthcare, their usage also raises several issues.