A paper presented by a group of computer engineers from Vanderbilt University at the
Humanoids Conference in Nashville describes how robots can be used to diagnose and treat emergency room patients.
Medical Droid from Star Wars
While human would still take care of the most serious patients, the robots will be able to diagnose and sometimes even treat the other patients. For now, the TriageBot will simply collect personal information and vital signs in order to provide humans doctors with the information.
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