Defining Autonomy for Wellness Robots in Senior Care

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An examination of how socially assistive wellness robots could support the seven dimensions of senior wellness, and how a framework can measure their autonomy.

What Attendees will Learn

1. Why the senior care crisis exceeds incremental automation.

   Demographic pressure, workforce shortages, and a daily wellness-programming gap all strain traditional care models.

2. What defines a wellness robot as a category.

   The seven ICAA wellness dimensions and eight properties separate these robots from companion and medical devices.

3. How autonomy can be measured with CRAS. This six-level scale, modeled on the SAEJ3016 driving standard, evaluates four care dimensions.
4. What maps the road to full autonomy.

   The paper examines technical capabilities, clinical evidence, and a three-phase roadmap toward the early 2030s.