Signal Care robots expected to shift from purchase to 500,000 won monthly subscriptions

Summary

KISTEP's outlook for physical AI care robots puts a concrete price on how the business model may change by 2030 to 2035. Instead of individuals buying and owning care robots that cost tens of millions of won, a robot-as-a-service subscription at 500,000 won per month is expected to become common. By 2030 physical AI robots are expected to provide round-the-clock daily assistance, vital sign monitoring and emergency response. Lifelog data that robots collect around the clock, such as gait, sleep, food intake and conversation, would be analysed by AI in real time. The report argues that such physical healthcare data, including joint movement, muscle strength and actual food intake, holds value that existing electronic medical records cannot match.