Dr. Robot On Duty
from the robots,-robots-everywhere dept
Roland Piquepaille writes "This new high-tech robot is currently being tested at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. And so far, it has visited 20 pleased patients. The robot doesn't deliver advice itself. Instead, patients interact with a real physician through a computer screen, a camera and a speaker. "Looking at a computer terminal, the doctor directing the robot sees what the robot sees and hears what the robot hears. At the other end, patients can see and talk to the doctor's face displayed on a flat screen that sits on the robot's 'shoulders.'" Look at my blog to see Dr. Robot in action and more details. And don't worry, this new kind of robot is not intended to replace a human physician."
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