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I'm always happy to hear about the advancement of robots and how they will help people in the near future. Japan has an interesting mix of robo-helpers that attend to the elderly, and now Germans are working on a robonurse that will tend to the sick. Nursebot may not look very humanoid, but she has some very interesting abilities. She can monitor a patient's temperature by beaming lasers or using thermal imaging cameras. She also has face and voice recognition technology that recognizes the difference between patients or unauthorized visitors.
Unfortunately, they also make her sound like a glorified Roomba that can mop up spills and clean windows, so human nurses can spend more time with patients. Swarms of these helpful mobile robots may be ready by 2010 to guide visitors and take messages. But in the meantime, she's still in development labs awaiting orders. She's just what the doctor ordered.
Are you ready for the robonurse?
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That's just wounderful "now their well be robots taking over " less jobs :(
I bet these robot nurses will do a BETTER job than many of the nurses in US hospitals now. The entire medical profession has somehow been turned on its head; nurses and doctors just aren't what they used to be. Nick http://www.CreditManagementWorld.com
It's really good to know all the med. tech. advances we are having right now. It will really make the job easier for all the nurses. The robots will NOT do all the nurse's jobs but it will lessen the stress and omit medical malpractice. I think nurses are still doing their jobs right and without them, there will be a lot of people who would just die in the hospitals. Robots are just here to help out humans. Nothing could come close to human brains. Lastly, Robots CAN NOT give a full-medical attention and medical care and affection on patiens..ONLY NURSES can. Something to keep in mind!!
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1 Posted by manishramani200x on Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:47PM EST Report Abuse
nice article................