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Most large university teaching hospitals and VA medical centers have been using these robots for the last 3 to 5 years or so.

They are great at making sure things (supplies, fluids, blood products, medications) end up where they're supposed to (non-emergently) and can be held better accountable (unlike humans). And hospitals have found that they are more cost-effective and often faster than humans since they don't take breaks or get "lost" in maze-like hospitals.

Most of them have a camera on them (used to catch passer-bys who may want to take a ride on/with them - as some hospital residents try to), and are very polite when something or someone is in their way.

They do get stuck in narrow corridors/corners and sometimes on elevators.

And some hospitals even put a face (from a photo-copied picture) on them, along with giving it a name that gets stenciled on. Ours is called Sammy (not sure why).]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/09/24/emma-the-unsexy-nursebot/http://www.engadget.com/2004/09/24/emma-the-unsexy-nursebot/May 12th 2007 7:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/09/24/emma-the-unsexy-nursebot/http://www.engadget.com/2004/09/24/emma-the-unsexy-nursebot/Dec 19th 2005 12:04AM