We always see those videos of the Toyota robots that can walk up and down the stairs and down inclines and you know we’re also proud of how Toyota and Honda all of the other manufacturers out there that are into robotics field are creating this semi-human like robots. Well guess what? Toyota has developed that robot nurse and working in putting that in the field and releasing it sometime in 2013. Are we ready for robot nurses? First off, maybe it’s not the right picture with the one shown in the article. It doesn’t look anything like a person so maybe that’s a good thing. It’s really not a nurse but an assistance device. Is that all we are? Are all nurses just another way to help lift patients? If that’s the case then I’d like to go find some manufacturers and developers of Toyota and straighten them out on what exactly a nurse does because that certainly a little bit condescending. I urge you to check this out.
It’s certainly there,you know I’m a big science fiction buff and there’s certainly something to be said for the concept at least of using devices, intelligent devices in such a way that they come to serve us in some ways better than we might have other people do. I looked at the recent new iPhone that came out. It has that vocal personal assisting. You talk to your phone in common language and understand what you’re trying to say and schedule your appointments and call your wife and sends text messages for you just because you say so. That’s kind of neat. The technology is there to understand and do that kind of thing. I can’t imagine it’s that far away from creating an interactive device that someone can use to provide some kind of basic care or interaction with patients.
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This article has been featured in the news segment of the Nursing Show podcast episode Interview with Pain Management Nurse and Episode 200.
