Fujita Medical University Hospital in Toyoake City, Aichi Prefecture, has begun a demonstration experiment in which patients' specimens and medicines are carried by robots in an attempt to reduce the burden on medical staff, which has increased due to the new coronavirus.
Fujita Medical University Hospital is collaborating with Kawasaki Heavy Industries to conduct a demonstration experiment using a robot that can run autonomously this month in order to reduce the burden on medical staff and promote infection control measures by utilizing robots and IT systems. I started on the 23rd.
The robot is about the size of a household washing machine and has multiple sensors.
In addition to automatically avoiding and stopping when a person approaches, there is also an emergency button that can be stopped manually, and experiments are checking whether the patient's sample to be tested can be carried smoothly. ..
From January next year, Fujita Medical University Hospital will also conduct a demonstration experiment using a robot with an arm, and while moving to a different floor by elevator, carry specimens, medicines, meals, guide patients, etc. We are going to verify whether the robot can be used in various situations such as.
Ryoichi Shiraki, director of Fujita Health University Hospital, said, "We want to use robots to develop new hospital functions while valuing the warmth of human hands."