Report NSR-R01 · Edition 1.1 · October 2026 · 31 pages · in Finnish
Humanoid robots in Finnish elderly care 2035
The report calculates what would happen if humanoid robots did 20, 50 or 80% of robot-suitable tasks in Finnish home care and 24-hour elderly care in 2035: how many robots would be needed, how much staff time would be freed, and what it would cost. Its conclusion: humanoid robots do not pay for themselves through staff cuts. They can pay off as extra capacity, if the freed time goes into client work.
Single user €390 (launch price until 31 Dec 2026, then €490), organisation licence €1,490, report + calculation pack €2,490 with ready figures for all 21 wellbeing services counties and Helsinki. Public sector €990 / €1,990. Prices exclude VAT; instant download. The report and the calculation pack are in Finnish.
Key findings (base case, 50% of tasks)
A task done by a robot does not remove a shift. Robots would do 16,702 person-years of tasks, yet only about 460 person-years would leave the rota.
Staff savings do not pay for the fleet. The shared fleet of 23,008 robots costs €615M a year, about 25 times the €25M saving in staff costs.
The operating model sets the fleet size. A robot placed in each client's home would need 67,000–135,000 robots for home care alone.
As extra capacity, the result is close to break-even. Freed time is worth €674M if all of it goes into needed client work, €59M more than the fleet costs.
Evidence on humanoids in care is still thin. The strongest evidence is for special-purpose devices such as delivery robots, transfer aids and medication dispensers.