Publication/Creation Date

August 25 2021

Creators/Contributors

Rebecca Cairns (creator)
Changi General Hospital (contributor)
Centre For Healthcare Assistive And Robotics Technology (CHART) (contributor)
Selina Seah (contributor)
National University Of Singapore (contributor)
Marcelo Ang (contributor)

Description

"Singapore already has the highest adoption rate of industrial robots anywhere in the world, with 9 per 100 workers -- but that is mostly in the electronics sector. Now, Seah hopes robots can make healthcare more accessible, affordable, and higher quality, as well as safer for pandemic situations."

Augments

Caring, Treating, Working, Cleaning, Communicating

Technology Keywords

Robotics, Humanoid Robots, Industrial Robots, Social Robots, Autonomous Mobile Robots, AI-powered Employees, Tele-Medicine, Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Keywords

Work, Healthcare, Medical, Nurses, Patients, Hospitals, COVID-19, Pandemic, Aging, Elderly, Chronic Disease, Automation, Privacy, Safety, Singapore

Marketing Keywords

Grace, Hanson Robotics, Da Vinci Surgical System, PARO, RoMi-H, Pepper

Source

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/25/asia/cgh-robots-healthcare-spc-intl-hnk/index.html