Long maligned as job-stealers and aspiring overlords, robots are being increasingly relied on as fast, efficient, contagion-proof champions in the ...
SAN FRANCISCO: Long maligned as job-stealers and aspiring overlords, robots are being increasingly relied on as fast, efficient, contagion-proof champions in the war against COVID-19.
The smart clinic only handled patients for a few days, but it foreshadowed a future in which robots tend to patients with contagious diseases while health care workers manage from safe distances.Patients in hospitals in Thailand, Israel and elsewhere meet with robots for consultations done by doctors via video conference. Some consultation robots even tend to the classic checkup task of listening to patients' lungs as they breathe.
Doctors and nurses can control the robot by using a computer from outside the room, and can hold conversations with the patient via the screen and camera. US firm Xenex has seen a surge in demand for its robots that disinfect rooms, according to director of media relations Melinda Hart. "We are in a time of need for some of this technology, so it seems like benefits outweigh costs," Rohrbaugh said.
Innovations on the horizon include using drones equipped with sensors and cameras to scan crowds for signs of people showing symptoms of coronavirus infection.
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