Robot nurse under development at Sask. university
In two years, a robot nurse could be trolling hospital hallways, handing out pills or visiting quarantined patients. At least that according to its creator, Reza Fotouhi, who says his robot could well be the answer to worker shortages in the health-care, mining and agriculture fields.
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With a video camera on the front end, he could see what was ahead of the machine. The $215,000 project is funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the government of Saskatchewan.
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January 20th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
The nursing profession is about caring, wellness, ill or otherwise. I find being attended to by a robot nurse COLD. Maybe in communicable areas.
February 20th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
This is a bad idea put forward by some bean counters. Have you been in a hospital lately? All the cost cutting has reduced the quality of care one can expect. Really its like living in a third world country. Replacing people with robots will most certainly make things worse, and of course put a lot of working people out on the street.
April 8th, 2008 at 4:43 am
I think it’s good idea. Robots nurse will prevent human is infected by diseases from patients.