The 2025 Government Work Report clearly states that we must continue to promote the "Artificial Intelligence +" action and vigorously develop new generation smart terminals such as intelligent robots and intelligent manufacturing equipment. Smart elderly care has become one of the important ways to deal with the challenges of aging. As embodied intelligent robots gradually move from laboratories to real-life applications, the new ecology of silver economy will be reconstructed in the future.

　　All over the country, embodied intelligent robots have been piloted in nursing homes, communities and families. They are quietly rewriting the traditional narrative method of elderly care as "digital children". At present, the application of embodied intelligent robots in the field of elderly care has moved from concept to reality. In some nursing homes, robots can assist in completing basic services such as meal delivery, cleaning, and health monitoring; in home scenarios, companion robots with functions such as voice interaction and fall monitoring are gradually becoming popular. Through multimodal perception and deep reinforcement learning technology, these robots have stronger independent decision-making and emotional interaction capabilities. They can not only accurately identify the needs of the elderly, but also provide personalized care, such as assisted rehabilitation training, psychological counseling, etc., and through the output of the demand for robots in the daily use of the elderly, it also forms a virtuous cycle of intergenerational feeding.

　　Despite the broad prospects, the application of embodied intelligent robots in the field of elderly care still faces multiple challenges. At the technical level, accurate interaction, long-term reliability and security in complex environments still need to be optimized, and the robot's emotional interaction ability and adaptability to complex environments need to be further improved. Cost issues are also important factors that restrict their widespread use. In addition, the elderly have limited acceptance of new technologies, and how to improve ease of use is crucial. At the same time, ethical issues in privacy protection, human-machine responsibility, etc. also need to be defined.

　　At the moment of promoting the high-quality development of digital technology, intelligent robots are not meant to replace human fireworks, nor are they cold tools. They are equipped with emotional computing systems, giving family affection a more free space for expression. With policy support, technological breakthroughs and market cultivation, embodied intelligent robots are expected to allow more elderly people to enjoy the convenience and dignity brought by technology in their later years.

　　(Author Wang Junlan)

[Editor in charge: Zhu Jiaqi]