Impact

Psychosocial & Cognitive Impact

−25 %

Depressive Symptoms ↓

Humanoid-robot meta-analysis shows ~25 % drop in GDS depression scores (JAMDA 2024)

Yen et al. 2024

Face-to-face companion robots lift residents’ mood, cutting clinical depression symptoms by about a quarter.

Yen et al. 2024

−26 %

Caregiver Burden

Telepresence robots cut Zarit scores by 26 % in LTC homes (IJERPH 2024)

IJERPH 2024

Because the robot handles routine check-ins, family carers feel roughly one-quarter less overwhelmed.

IJERPH 2024

3×

Family Contact

Visits ro se from weekly to near-daily with telepresence robots (UBC 2024)

UBC Telepresence 2024

Relatives can ‘beam in’ any time, so video visits jump roughly three-fold.

UBC Telepresence 2024

+28 %

Faster Word Learning

Animated-face robots accelerate vocabulary learning by 28 % vs voice-only (HRI 2024)

Yamada et al. 2024

A talking animated face helps seniors pick up new words nearly one-third faster than a smart speaker.

Yamada et al. 2024

Market Analysis

Assistive-Robot TAM

€6.7 B

+14.9 % CAGR

Global elder-care assistive robots by 2030 (Grand View Research 2025)

Europe 65+ by 2030

125 M

23 % of EU pop

EC demographic outlook (’Turning Demographic Ageing’ 2025)

Health-System Savings

€200 Bn/yr

Avoidable bed-days

EU potential if AI/robots scaled (MedTech Europe 2024)

Competitive Advantage

€4 000

vs Paro €7 K | Pepper €15 K | Realbotix €20 K+

Arkeo delivers humanoid functions at < 1/3 cost of Pepper

Clinical & Physical Independence

+52 %

Medication Adherence

Reminder & monitor system boosted correct pill-taking by ~52 % at 12 mo (NPJ Digit Med 2025)

Zhou et al. 2025

Smart reminders push correct pill-taking from about half of doses to more than four-fifths.

Zhou et al. 2025

+15 %

Walking Speed

Robot-coach PT improved gait speed by ~15 % in 6 weeks (Clin Rehab 2025)

Ramirez et al. 2025

Six weeks of robot-guided exercises make users walk faster and with more confidence.

Ramirez et al. 2025

−6 %

TUG Mobility

Timed-Up-and-Go time dropped by ~6 % with same protocol (Clin Rehab 2025)

Ramirez et al. 2025

Users stand up and start walking quicker—proof of better balance and mobility.

Ramirez et al. 2025

Safety & Operational Efficiency

1.8 Bn h

Nurse Time Saved

EU nurses could save 1.8 Bn h/yr via AI & robotics (MedTech Europe 2024)

MedTech Europe 2024

Robots could free up the equivalent of 900 000 full-time nurses across Europe each year.

MedTech Europe 2024

48 s

Alert Response

Best consumer fall-alert systems connect in 48 s; Arkeo targets ≤ 60 s (Senior Safety Rev 2024)

Senior Safety Review 2024

If someone falls, a human responder picks up the alarm in under one minute.

Senior Safety Review 2024

92 % | 45 ms

Fall-AI Accuracy/Latency

Edge AI reaches 92 % accuracy, 45 ms latency on IMU data (Sensors 2025)

Chen et al. 2025

On-board AI spots nine out of ten falls almost instantly (within 0.05 seconds).

Chen et al. 2025

1 750+

HRI Papers

Furhat expressive-face SDK cited in > 1 750 papers (Scopus 2025)

Furhat Conf. 2025

Our expressive-face toolkit is backed by more than 1 750 peer-reviewed studies.

Furhat Conf. 2025

The Loneliness Crisis

20 %

Spaniards with unwanted loneliness

FiraGran 2018

1 in 2

Seniors at risk of loneliness

Infocop 2023

€15 K

Annual informal care cost

BBVA 2020

5 M

People living alone in Spain

INE 2023

Academic Research

A Systematic Literature Review on the Use of Social Robots in Elderly Care

ACM International Conference on HRI • 2023

A synthesis of 93 studies demonstrating that acceptance of social robots among older adults depends primarily on ease of use, empathetic voice interaction, and personalization features. These findings directly support Arkeo's design philosophy.

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Intelligent Physical Robots in Health Care: Systematic Literature Review

Journal of Medical Internet Research • 2023

A review of 94 studies evaluating the emotional, social, and physical benefits of assistive robots, while identifying key individual, organizational, and technological success factors. Arkeo aligns with this holistic integration model.

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Ethical Aspects of the Use of Social Robots in Elderly Care

arXiv pre‑print • 2025

A qualitative analysis of 248 publications mapping 60 ethical challenges across elderly users, caregivers, and society. These issues—privacy, dignity, autonomy—are central to Arkeo's ethical design and transparency commitments.

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