Yuman develops innovative robots to assist nurses as their own transport buddies by facilitating the transport of food, laundry and medical products in hospital wards. The robots will open up more time and care for patients, improve nurses' satisfaction and combat nurse burnout.

Globally, there is an all-time high shortage of nurses, and in Denmark alone since 2001, the activity growth in hospitals is 4 times the increase of nurses. The latest numbers of elderly show that in Denmark, up to 2030 there will be a 29% shortage of resources. 77% of nurses solve non-nursing tasks during a normal working day. According to Dansk Sygeplejeråd, nurses who solve non-nursing work tasks more often experience a lot of pressure and stress.36.9% of a nurse's working day is spent on routine activities: food, medicine and laundry transport. Surveying 22 nurses from the Neurological Department of Bispebjerg Hospital in June 2021, we found that nurses spend only 40.1% of their time with the patient.

Behind Yuman is an ambitious Copenhagen-based robotics startup addressing one of the major challenges facing healthcare - the shortage of nurses. Andrei and Sara founded Yuman as part of their MSc Thesis in June 2021 with the goal of introducing human-friendly hospital robots. Together, they are on a mission to develop innovative and unique robots to assist nurses by automating transportation activities in hospital wards, reduce nurse burnout and strengthen the healthcare system to continue to deliver world-class patient care.