Robot

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10 April 2008

Bolton moves to online pharmacy system

Actor Dave Spikey helps launch Bolton’s new robotic dispensing system. The Royal Bolton Hospital, part of the Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust, has
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9 January 2008

Robosoft showcase robot to help elderly

Robosoft’s Robuter prototype French robotic specialist Robosoft has demonstrated a prototype service robot which can help elderly and handicapped people
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20 August 2007

Bill Gates backs Belgian huggable robot

Bill Gates, the creator of Microsoft, has backed a firm specialising in the creation of robots to aid child care
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9 July 2007

Scottish hospital to use robots to move goods

Robots transporting hospital goods and equipment will be used for the first time in a new hospital being built at
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22 January 2007

‘Nurse bots’ to be developed by 2010

The European Union is funding scientists to develop ‘nurse bots’, mechanised robots designed to perform basic tasks such as mopping
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2 October 2006

Metal medicine

E-Health Insider looks at the continuing work into robotics in healthcare being carried out by Imperial College, London.
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2 February 2006

Cyber carers

Colin Jervis investigates whether robot medics will ever evolve to the same level as their flesh-and-blood counterparts, in his second
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17 January 2006

Hospitals trial online complaint resolution

An electronic dispute resolution system for patients, which allows parties to come to agreement online using electronic templates, is currently
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12 January 2006

Robot revolution

Colin Jervis, director of Kinetic Consulting, looks at how robots are being used on wards and in operating theatres in
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19 May 2005

Robot doctor has plans to link to NPfIT

St Mary’s NHS Trust, Paddington, is trialling the use of robot medics that will not only allow doctors to go
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