But robots that could give residents safe mobility with less carer intervention would be a big benefit. Transfers – like getting a resident from bed to the toilet – are risky to the resident and the worker; lots of workers get injured trying to stop residents from falling.

Here in France anyway, they're instructed not to try to stop a fall (only to take preventative measures before a transfer), but in reality, almost no one can watch an elderly person in their care fall without intervening.