Under the headline “From 板橋榮家 to 新竹臺大分院: Service Robots Enter Taiwan’s Healthcare and Eldercare Frontline,” DIGITIMES surveyed the current state of robot adoption across Taiwan’s healthcare settings. The 板橋榮家 case it features is the SIGMA robot integrated by Sigma Robotics.
The report notes that at this facility — 800 beds, 90% occupancy, residents averaging 83 years old — the robot delivers measurable results:
- A chassis just 30 cm wide (24 cm body width), able to thread through the narrow corridors of nursing wards
- Daytime supply delivery, saving roughly 150 minutes of staff time per day
- Nighttime patrols that monitor vital signs and bed-exit events, saving another 100 minutes per day
- A combined annual total equivalent to more than 1,500 hours of freed-up labor
The report also covers 新竹臺大分院’s nursing home, which has deployed interactive companion robots — illustrating how Taiwan’s care settings are advancing along two parallel technology tracks: “transport and inspection” and “interactive companionship.”
Source: Original DIGITIMES article (2025-10-01)