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Human Jobs Deathwatch: Robot Nurse will deliver medication
It looks like Japan's roboticists have finally come up with an answer to the country's shrinking work force and growing elderly population. Murata Machinery has developed a robot capable of performing many of the duties of a human nurse such as delivering medication to patients during late night hours.
Developed as a part of Japan's "Project for Strategic Development of Advanced Robotics Elemental Technologies" led by NEDO, the robot is one of six selected new robots picked that cover functions such as security, industrial work, and disaster recovery.
Via Nikkei
By ITrush at 10:02 AM ON 02/23/09
Oh boy, what about my mom who's working as nurse? what will happen to them?
By Screen Sleuth at 11:39 AM ON 02/23/09
Robots will eventually replace humans in precise, menial tasks (such as this one) in the far future. It's just economic sense.
By bob at 11:39 AM ON 02/23/09
I welcome our robotic overlords.
By martinex at 2:24 AM ON 02/24/09
Didn't the Jetson's already come up with this?
By spacecadet at 10:15 PM ON 03/01/09
Great bring on the robots. I'll be glad to test out any for the home. They can paint, clean and help me redocorate. Bring them on.
By nurseintx at 7:48 PM ON 03/11/09
Awe maybe a foreign nurse in the U.S. that FINALLY speaks ENGLISH! But wouldn't it be cheaper just to use that $ toward educating U.S. citizens to be nurses..oh or that may make to much sense eh?
By Anonymous at 11:22 AM ON 09/13/09
that works for at night but people will loss their jobs and more people on the streets
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