Robots Helping in Pandemic

Smart Robotic Field Hospital

Source:  CloudMinds

Caregiving Robots on the Frontlines

With the insidious contagion of the

coronavirus pandemic, robots are being

increasingly used on the frontlines

of COVID 19 patient care.

Caregiving robots are fast,

efficient and "contagion proof".

With medical staff supervising

remotely, they keep doctors and

nurses out of harms way.

Wuhan Smart Field Hospital

Wuhan, China is where the 

global pandemic started. 

In a smart field hospital, they

temporarily used a team of

robots to care for COVID 19

patients.  The robots communicated

with the patients, served them

meals and took their temperatures.

The robots were managed by

the medical team remotely. The

patients also wore wristbands that

gathered their blood pressure and

other vitals. The patients remained

in the field hospital for just a few

days.

Future of Medicine

This field hospital in China is a glimpse

at the future of medicine during

global pandemics.  Robots

directly in contact with infected

patients while health care providers

supervise and manage from safe

distances.  The robots deployed were

made by CloudMinds, with operations 

in California and Beijing. The

company says the robots "completely

ran the field hospital".  No health

care workers were exposed but

still in control of the robotic team.

Global Pattern

Because of the coronavirus, the

use of medical robots is on the

rise.  In some Singapore hospitals,

robots are delivering meals and

medication to COVID patients.

Hospital patients in Israel,

Thailand and elsewhere met with

robots to consult with their

doctors via live videoconferencing.

Robotic machines are being used

to scan for viruses, location to location,

and to disinfect facilities from

viruses and bacteria.  It's a new

world. And robots are a key.

They don't cough and sneeze.

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