[...]to act as a safeguard to ensure contagion risk-free environments. [...]to act as well-being coaches by providing therapeutic and entertaining functions for quarantined patients. Had the technology been ready earlier, social robots could have been decisive in minimizing intra-hospital transmissions or to palliate mental health issues resulting from quarantines and lockdowns, and not a mere anecdote of the pandemic.
Why it is time to stop ostracizing social robots