By the end of the year, in Japanese hospitals you will be able to see ranks of new nurses 1 meters tall and weighing 30 kilos working hard in the wards. No, it's not about a mass recruitment of sumo wrestlers in Japanese hospitals. The healthcare personnel in question are made up of robots.
The Japanese group Panasonic has announced the imminent commercialization of robots for the medical sector. These automatons – they are called Hospis – are able to walk in the wards and rooms thanks to their wheels and the circuits that have memorized the hospital plan.
According to the Japanese manufacturer, they are also capable of searching for medicines and bringing them to medical personnel at the exact time they need to be taken by patients. In this way, the nurses – those in the flesh – will be able to concentrate on caring for the sick. Panasonic has already promoted the products in question on his Youtube channel.
"Japan suffers from a lack of staff in hospitals," explains the company in an official statement published today. “We realized that these robots had significant positive effects on hospitals and we decided to commercialize them,” continues the group, which has already tested the machines in the Osaka hospital.
Equipped with a video camera with morphological and laser sensors, Hospi is able to avoid obstacles and passers-by, slowing down intelligently. It moves at a speed of one meter per second and has a 7-hour battery that recharges itself, allowing the automaton to be operational 24 hours a day.
If all goes according to plan, there could soon be a first invasion of androids in the hospitals of the archipelago. Quick and efficient, they won't be able to perform surgery, but at least the parrot - at midnight - will be able to empty it themselves.
