If you search online for real-world robots that are actually working today, you'll most likely see things like this:
Or, more recently, maybe even something like this:
But is this really the best we can do?
Robots aren't meant to just stack boxes and flip burgers for eternity. They're meant for much more noble roles.
In fact, they're already becoming the greatest accessibility tools the world has ever seen.
In many ways, being physically disabled can result in more than just lack of mobility. It can also cut you off from the world and impair your ability to earn a living.
Stephen Hawking’s story comes to mind. He was one of the world’s greatest minds, yet he was trapped in a paralyzed body due to ALS.
Without specialized tools, he wouldn't have been able to move or communicate toward the end of his life. And thanks to his groundbreaking physics research, Hawking lived most of that time as a wealthy man.
That meant he had nurses and medical staff to help with his day-to-day life. Not everyone is so lucky — not to say he didn’t earn his success.
But what if you’re just a regular, non-genius person with a disability?
Robots have advanced more than you can imagine in the past few decades. That means the idea of a robot medical staff isn’t so far off.
I have more experience than I’d like with nursing care facilities. There are some incredible people working in them, but nearly everyone is underpaid and underappreciated.
That inevitably leads to low-quality care, even in places that cost a fortune.
Here’s where the newest generation of robots will truly shine.
This technology isn't about replacing human workers — we’re still years, if not decades, away from that.
The plan here is to upgrade humans with robotic technology. Medical staff is almost always spread thin, so why not shop out the easy tasks to a bot?
Taking away trash and dirty sheets, delivering medications, and performing basic check-ins with patients are all time-consuming yet easily automated.
Get Ready — Robots Are Coming to Every Industry
ChatGPT and other language programs are quickly becoming conversational. That could soon allow them to take over one of the most important medical procedures: keeping patients company.
In between visits, patients often get to choose between staring at basic cable TV or staring at the wall. Even a quick chat about the weather can be enough to stave off the worst loneliness.
Shockingly, this is one aspect of robotics that has barely been mentioned by the media. There were 15 articles about Sam’s Club’s new burger-flipping robot but hardly anything about robots in the medical system.
Leave it to the mainstream media to miss the forest for the trees.
Germany is currently leading the charge in medical robotics. It has one of the highest senior citizen populations on Earth, rivaling that of Japan and South Korea.
That makes this less of a problem and more of an emergency.
But health care isn't the only sector in position for a robotic takeover. In fact, it would be easier to list which industries wouldn't benefit from robotics — if there are any.
Everything from insurance sales to national defense is taking advantage of automation in some form.
And since every robot in the world needs a few critical components, our current favorite stock pick is gearing up for a major price surge.
This company makes the “brains” that power these robots. It’s like an all-in-one AI command center that functions anywhere in the world.
Think about it — a robotic truck couldn't just pause while it loads data. Those programs would need to function 100% of the time in any environment.
There’s only a handful of companies on Earth that can build hardware like this.
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