School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL48AA, UK.
International Centre for Transformational Entrepreneurship, Coventry University, Coventry CV15FB, UK.
Sensors (Basel). 2021 Apr 29;21(9):3111. doi: 10.3390/s21093111.
Demographic changes are putting the healthcare industry under pressure. However, while other industries have been able to automate their operation through robotic and autonomous systems, the healthcare sector is still reluctant to change. What makes robotic innovation in healthcare so difficult? Despite offering more efficient, and consumer-friendly care, the assistive robotics market has lacked penetration. To answer this question, we have broken down the development process, taking a market transformation perspective. By interviewing assistive robotics companies at different business stages from France and the UK, this paper identifies new insight into the main barriers of the assistive robotics market that are inhibiting the sector. Their impact is analysed during the different stages of the development, exploring how these barriers affect the planning, conceptualisation and adoption of these solutions. This research presents a foundation for understanding innovation barriers that high-tech ventures face in the healthcare industry, and the need for public policy measures to support these technology-based firms.
人口结构变化给医疗保健行业带来了压力。然而，尽管其他行业已经能够通过机器人和自主系统实现运营自动化，但医疗保健行业仍然不愿改变。那么，是什么让医疗保健领域的机器人创新变得如此困难呢？尽管辅助机器人能够提供更高效、更方便消费者的护理，但它们在市场上的渗透率仍然很低。为了回答这个问题，我们从市场转型的角度对开发过程进行了分解。通过对来自法国和英国的不同商业阶段的辅助机器人公司进行访谈，本文从新的角度深入了解了阻碍辅助机器人市场发展的主要障碍，这些障碍抑制了该行业的发展。本文还分析了这些障碍在开发的不同阶段的影响，探讨了这些障碍如何影响这些解决方案的规划、概念化和采用。这项研究为理解医疗保健行业高科技企业面临的创新障碍以及支持这些基于技术的企业的公共政策措施的必要性提供了基础。
