Robot links doctors and patients remotely
August 6, 2003 | Source: KurzweilAI
A high-tech robot being tested at The Johns Hopkins Hospital could be used to remotely link patients with their physicians.
Looking at a computer terminal, the doctor directing the robot sees what the robot sees and hears what the robot hears. At the other end, patients can see and talk to the doctor’s face displayed on a flat screen that sits on the robot’s “shoulders.” The devices are connected to the Internet via broadband and a wireless network.