{"id":172395,"date":"2023-09-19T22:27:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T03:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/worlds-first-mass-produced-humanoid-robot-wants-to-solve-chinas-aging-population-problem"},"modified":"2023-09-19T22:27:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T03:27:15","slug":"worlds-first-mass-produced-humanoid-robot-wants-to-solve-chinas-aging-population-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/worlds-first-mass-produced-humanoid-robot-wants-to-solve-chinas-aging-population-problem","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s first mass-produced humanoid robot wants to solve China\u2019s aging population problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KoAEaZm1Hw4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In response to the increasing demand for medical services amid labor shortages and a rapidly aging population, Shanghai-based Fourier Intelligence is developing an innovative humanoid robot. The GR-1, as it is called, promises to transform healthcare facilities and offer vital assistance to the elderly.<\/p>\n<p>Like many countries, China is confronting the challenge of an aging population. The number of individuals aged 60 and over is projected to rise from 280 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/china\/health-topics\/ageing\">to over 400 million by 2035<\/a>, according to estimates from the country\u2019s National Health Commission. That\u2019s more than the entire population of the United States projected for that year.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the sheer number of the elderly that is a problem, but rather their share of the overall population. By 2040, nearly 30% of China\u2019s population will be 60 or older.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the increasing demand for medical services amid labor shortages and a rapidly aging population, Shanghai-based Fourier Intelligence is developing an innovative humanoid robot. The GR-1, as it is called, promises to transform healthcare facilities and offer vital assistance to the elderly. Like many countries, China is confronting the challenge of an aging [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}