Although technology and computation power have become more and more present in our daily lives, we have yet to see the same tendency in robotics applied to health care. In this one-hour lecture, it will be discussed four distinct applications of robotic technology to health care, named Robotic Assisted Surgery, Robotics in Rehabilitation, Prosthetics and Companion Robotic Systems. The main roadblocks that are limiting the progress of such applications will be identified and discussed.