【Reporter's Note】
Guangming Daily reporter Jin Hao
Boiled beef, pickled pepper claws, crispy peanuts, garlic shrimp... Looking at a table full of dishes, the 85-year-old Uncle Rao gave a thumbs up: "This robot can make so many dishes, not simple!" ”
In recent days, the service robot exhibition area of the service trade fair has been crowded. The robot that can cook in front of Uncle Rao has become a "net red" in the exhibition hall, and the onlookers are wave after wave, especially the elderly. "My wife and I are in our 80s this year, and the family is now in need of help with cooking." This cooking robot is exactly in line with Uncle Rao's needs.
At the service trade fair, a Chinese medicine AI robot took the pulse for the audience. Xinhua News Agency
Uncle Rao hurriedly inquired about the price. "The smallest 8,000 pieces, the stove can be put down in the large place, will make more than 3,000 dishes." Listening to the introduction of the staff, Uncle Rao couldn't stop nodding, and then asked how the robot should operate and what other functions. Before leaving, worried about forgetting, Uncle Rao also wrote the price on a piece of paper.
Robots are usually favored by young people. However, the reporter found at the scene of the service trade fair that many elderly people also have a special love for robots, especially those service robots that can provide functions such as home and health care.
In the comprehensive exhibition area, a coffee robot has a long queue in front of it, including many elderly friends. Visitors can enjoy a cup of high-quality coffee in 90 seconds by scanning the code to select the type of coffee they want and the pattern of pulling flowers.
The reporter found that Aunt Huang Fengying, who was at the front of the line, chose a cup of coffee with swan flowers. "This robot is really good, and the coffee is better than what is done in the store." She complimented while sipping coffee.
Mineral water bottles, cans, paper cups... I saw a robot deftly grabbing garbage on the conveyor belt with its arms and skillfully throwing it into different garbage cans. This is a garbage sorting robot. Many elderly people often can't remember the rules of garbage sorting, and this robot can solve their problems.
In the booth not far away, there are also many elderly people. Originally, in front of them was an intelligent preliminary screening robot, which covered three areas of traditional Chinese medicine, mental psychology and health nutrition, and supported the remote consultation function. As long as the experiencer places his hands in the designated area, according to the prompts to make instructions such as sticking out his tongue and breathing deeply, he can get a preliminary examination report including bone density, pulse, blood pressure, etc. in about a minute.
"It's like a family doctor." Convenient and novel equipment, attracting many elderly people to experience.
In the service robot exhibition area, a life-size teddy bear slowly "volleyed" the pace. This active lower extremity exoskeleton robot is a lower limb rehabilitation assist device specially developed for patients with brain injury, spinal cord injury, hemiplegia and paraplegia. With the deepening of aging, the company has also developed a passive lower limb exoskeleton robot for the elderly with declining lower limb muscle strength. According to reports, this exoskeleton robot is only 2.7 kg, climbing a slope, going up a stair can help raise the legs, which can make the elderly feel a lot easier.
"Service robots are closely related to people's lives. The application of service robots will continue to improve people's quality of life, once service robots like other mechanical and electrical products are accepted by people, into thousands of households, its market will be unlimited. Stepping out of the exhibition area, the words of Joseph Engelberg, the "father of robots" who developed the world's first industrial robot, were written on the signboard.
Can play table tennis, can deliver food, can do orthopedic surgery... At the exhibition site, one by one, the service robots of "miraculous powers" verified the judgment of the "father of robots" on the broad market prospects of service robots.
In trade in services, older persons should not be left behind;
(Guangming Daily, Beijing, September 8)
Guangming Daily (2020.09.09.15 edition)