Panasonic Drug Dispensing Robot
09/07/09 09:58 Filed in: robots
A new robot from Panasonic will soon be dispensing medication in Japanese hospitals.
The robot won't actually be making decisions as to which medications patients should receive, I'm glad to say. It'll basically be an electronic filing cabinet on wheels. The hospital pharmacist will load the small drawers with the medication each patient requires and the robot will then travel round the wards delivering the drugs. The robot is expected to be able to do the rounds in half the time it would take a human.
Panasonic will initially be selling the robot to hospitals in Japan only but hope eventually to introduce the unit to Europe and the rest of the world.
The robot won't actually be making decisions as to which medications patients should receive, I'm glad to say. It'll basically be an electronic filing cabinet on wheels. The hospital pharmacist will load the small drawers with the medication each patient requires and the robot will then travel round the wards delivering the drugs. The robot is expected to be able to do the rounds in half the time it would take a human.
Panasonic will initially be selling the robot to hospitals in Japan only but hope eventually to introduce the unit to Europe and the rest of the world.
