We have several bots in our hospitals to deliver meds, pick up specimens for path, deliver supplies, etc. In one of the hospitals, small bots hook up to bigger carts and tow them autonomously around the hospital. Its kind of neat to see them call the elevator (wirelessly), wait patiently, then charge to block the door so no one else can have that car. They have issues: every now and then you will see one in a corner beeping plaintively for help or two facing off in a corridor trying to work out who will pass first. All in all they seem pretty efficient.
But no, they don't do anything a nurse can do and we desperately need nurses for the foreseeable future!
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We have several bots in our hospitals to deliver meds, pick up specimens for path, deliver supplies, etc. In one of the hospitals, small bots hook up to bigger carts and tow them autonomously around the hospital. Its kind of neat to see them call the elevator (wirelessly), wait patiently, then charge to block the door so no one else can have that car. They have issues: every now and then you will see one in a corner beeping plaintively for help or two facing off in a corridor trying to work out who will pass first. All in all they seem pretty efficient.
But no, they don't do anything a nurse can do and we desperately need nurses for the foreseeable future!