Recently, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) officially released the international standards for elderly care robots formulated by my country. This milestone event marks the entry of the elderly care robot industry into a new stage of development. The standard is numbered IEC63310 and is named "Property Guidelines for Active Assisted Living Robots Used in Connected Home Environments". This standard is tailor-made based on the physiological and behavioral characteristics of the elderly, providing a scientific basis for the product design, manufacturing, testing and certification of elderly care robots, and further promoting the standardization and standardization of the industry.
The release of the elderly care robot standards aims to fully meet the diverse needs of the elderly in daily life and health care. The standard not only focuses on the auxiliary support needs of the elderly, but also refines the functions and performance categories of elderly care robots. Specifically, the standard puts forward a series of technical requirements, including general standards such as availability, reliability, barrier-free design, energy consumption control, and noise levels. In addition, elderly care robots also need to meet corresponding technical standards in terms of health monitoring, emergency response, family communication support, housework and entertainment activities assistance to ensure that they can provide all-round support to the elderly.
With the intensification of global aging trends, the demand for elderly care robots is growing. It is predicted that by 2050, the global population over 60 will reach 2.1 billion, of which more than 426 million will be the elderly over 80. The physical and cognitive abilities of the elderly may gradually decline with age. The emergence of elderly care robots can effectively reduce the pressure on society and families to care for the elderly, while supporting the elderly to stay at home independently with a higher quality lifestyle. This not only improves the quality of life of the elderly, but also provides new solutions for the optimized allocation of social elderly care resources.
The release of this international standard provides important guidance for elderly care robot manufacturers to help them better understand the physiological and psychological characteristics of the elderly, so as to be more accurate in product design and development. This not only helps improve the quality of elderly care robots, but also promotes better integration of the elderly into society, ultimately benefiting the global silver hair group. Through the implementation of this standard, the elderly care robot industry will usher in broader development prospects and provide more intelligent and humanized solutions to the global aging society.
Key points: The International Electrotechnical Commission has issued international standards for elderly care robots to provide guidance for the elderly care robot industry; the standards refine the functional and performance requirements of elderly care robots and pay attention to the various needs of the elderly; with the acceleration of global aging, elderly care robots help reduce the care burden of families and society.