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SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

On August 31, UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD hosted a forum on "The Integration of

the High Technology and the Elderly-care Service Industry " together with the

launching of "The Global Strategy of Smart Elderly-care of UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP

LTD". Experts and professionals in the healthcare and elderly-care service

industry came together to discuss the development and implementation of a

technology-driven smart elderly-care system and shared the valuable experience

and insights within the domain.

At the event, UBTECH announced its strategy of creating a smart elderly-care

system with several sub-systems within specific elderly-care scenarios. They

also launched several robotics products for the healthcare and elderly-care

domain. In addition, UBTECH announced key strategic collaboration agreements

with China Merchants Health Care, Medical Care Service Company Inc (MCS) in

Japan (A joint venture company to be established this month), and China Academy

of Transportation Sciences Group.

UBTECH combines intelligent robots and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology,

coordinated by the UBTECH Smart Elderly-care Cloud-based Platform, for the aged

group. The whole system provides nursing services for senior citizens living at

home or in community centers. The cloud platform-based solution focuses on six

key scenarios: services management, daily care management, security and health

monitoring, memory-loss prevention, emotional support and rehabilitation. The

goal of the system is to create a comprehensive system with high reliability

and security to provide the elderly a happy, healthy, and high-quality way of

living.

Huan Tan (Co-Chief Technology Officer, UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD and General

Manager, UBTECH Healthcare Business Unit,), introduced how the company has been

developing and integrating AI, robotics, and other high-tech approaches to

improve the quality of life for our senior citizens. They apply this technology

in the elderly-care industry to create new services, develop a new ecosystem,

and generate substantially new values to the industry. The new services are

brought by new technology, including the active interaction and companionship,

autonomous navigation for uninterrupted and automated door-to-door care

provider, the continuous monitoring of personal and environmental safety,

precise evaluations, intervention plans, and rehabilitation exercises for the

people with the cognitive, psychological and physical disabilities. The new

ecosystem integrates robots and smart devices into an elderly-care service

system that enables collaborative operations conducted by humans, robots,

machines, devices, and IT infrastructure. These robots are regarded as  

intelligent service providers, a key  innovation that can significantly improve

the reliability and quality healthcare services for the elderly. Based on the

new services and new ecosystem, new values are generated to the elderly-care

service industry and the end-users with connected senior-care services in

facilities, communities, and homes. The operations will be largely improved for

the facilities and communities, whereas the senior people will receive some

more precise, friendly, and active services, which bring high -quality lives

than ever.

The UBTECH Healthcare Business Unit showcased five innovative and powerful

service robots: Walking Assist Robot-Wassi, Containerized Delivery Robot-DR,

Smart Wheelchair Robot - PathFynder, Open Shelf Delivery Robot-OSDR and

Companion Robot-Welli. These robots directly address the challenges of the

increasing shortage of caregivers, the fast-growing global aging populations,

and the increasing demand for high-quality healthcare services, together with

other hardware and software components within the smart elderly-care ecosystem.

Additionally, UBTECH debuted a cloud-based Intelligent Elderly-care Service

Platform, a "Super Brain", that can coordinate services between service robots

and IoT devices for the elderly-care service domain. These robots can operate

safely in nursing homes, assisted living communities, hospitals, among other

healthcare facilities, providing personalized services for senior citizens

To date, the integrated solution of UBTECH's smart elderly-care service and the

portfolio of the products has already been deployed, continuously providing

services on several sites, including hospitals, assisted living facilities,

nursing homes, and retirement communities. UBTECH also officially announced a

partnership with China Merchants Health Care in Shenzhen, Xinkai Senior Care

Facility in Shanghai, University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital and Taishan

Sanatorium of Shandong Province.

At the launching ceremony of building the Ecological Community, UBTECH

announced 12 partners, including the aforementioned China Merchants Health

Care, Medical Care Service Company Inc (MCS) in Japan, and China Academy of

Transportation Sciences Group, etc. The partners are from the elderly-care

service providers, the operation owners of medical centers, and technology

firms.

Yanhong Wen, China Merchants Health Care General Manager said "…, through the

cooperation of companies like UBTECH, we expect robots to provide critical

services to the senior citizens, including the screening of health risk,

continuous monitoring of the health, assessment and evaluations of medical

plans, the early warning and intervention, the active and interactive

companionship, and the cognitive and physical rehabilitation, etc." The two

companies will continue to work together to build smart residential facilities

to provide elderly-care services that meets the needs of the aging population

in the community, to offer humanistic care, and to deliver comprehensive

end-to-end service.

MCS Founder Takahashi Seiichi noted in a speech via remote video: "23 years

ago, I started my first retirement facility in Japan. By 2017, we operated the

largest number of dementia beds in Japan. Today, we operate a total of 322

healthcare facilities, including nursing homes and dementia treatment centers.

Seven years ago, we opened a nursing home in Nantong, China, and subsequently

launched new elderly care projects in other cities. Through the cooperation

with UBTECH, we hope to combine the latest AI technology, intelligent robots

and other products to transform the Chinese market." Grace Wang, Director of

the MCS Group and the General Manager of MCS China, mentioned that the

partnership will enable a smarter solution to provide services to the senior

citizens, in 3 key areas: nursing and technology, digital transformation, and

prevention.

Yong Li, General Manager of the China Academy of Transportation Sciences Group,

said in his speech: "I look forward to working with UBTECH on the integration

and innovation of the smart transportation and travelling, and creating a

commercialized example model for the smart travelling in public

handicap-accessible transportation hubs throughout China. "

The elderly-care service industry contributes over 20% of the GDP in developed

countries, e.g., the European countries and the United States, compared with

only 7% in China, representing a huge potential of the market. The size of the

market in China is expected to reach 10.29 trillion Chinese Yuan (approx. $1.5

trillion USD) by 2022. By leveraging a comprehensive integration with the

elderly-care industry, the high technology-driven elderly care services will

help further improve the quality of life and wellness of all families, and

benefit the country's aging population using innovative solutions.

Jian Zhou, the Founder, Chairman and CEO of UBTECH said, "We are committed to

addressing the major challenges in communities of China, through our

technological innovations, by delivering sustainable and real long-term values.

In the elderly-care industry, we will leverage new and innovative AI-based

solutions to better serve people and the communities, in which they reside, and

accelerate the quality-focused growth of the intelligent healthcare sector."

UBTECH has accumulated over 10 years of experience and expertise in AI and

intelligent robotics technology. Throughout the ongoing journey, from the

exploration of creating services for the seniors in 2017, establishing an R&D

center in North America focusing on the healthcare sector in 2019 and a

healthcare business unit in 2021 focusing on applying solutions in various

elderly-care scenarios, to the releasing its global strategy for smart

elderly-care in 2022, UBTECH has been a pioneer and leader in the smart

healthcare sector. UBTECH is committed to the vision of transforming the

healthcare industry and the sustainable development of the elderly-care economy

with innovative technologies, together with the partners in the industry.

SOURCE: UBTECH

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   Caption: The forum on “The Integration of the High Technology and the Elderly-care

Service Industry ” and the launching event of “The Global Strategy of Smart

Elderly-care of UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD”

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   Caption: Huan Tan, Co-Chief Technology Officer, UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD and General

Manager, UBTECH Healthcare Business Unit, introduced the strategy and solutions

for the smart elderly-care service

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   Caption: A resident of a senior-care facility is performing personalized rehabilitation

exercises with the help of UBTECH Walking Assist Robot - Wassi

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   Caption: A resident of a senior-care facility is experiencing the “barrier-free”

travelling mobility service in a park, provided by UBTECH Smart Wheelchair

Robot-PathFynder

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   Caption: A resident at China Merchants Health Care in Shenzhen is interacting with the

Companion Robot- Welli