October 22, 2014

Ebola robots.

Can robots take the place of human beings?
Some tasks done by health workers — decontaminating rooms and moving supplies — could be taken over by delivery robots, decreasing contact between healthy people and those affected by the virus. Also, telepresence robots make people affected by the disease feel less alone, connecting quarantined people or infected patients with those they love.
AND: "My weekend as a telepresence robot."

7 comments:

Archilochus said...

When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. - Matthew 8:1-3.

George M. Spencer said...

Ebolabots!

Shanna said...

Those decontamination robots have been around for a bit and they are really cool. Not just for ebola.

RecChief said...

Can robots do the work of humans?

ASk burger flippers if those $15/hour minimum wage rules go into effect.

Michael said...

RecChief makes the larger point that humans will be replaced by cheaper humans who will be replaced by machines. To think otherwise is to be going backwards.

The nurses unions or the hospital workers unions will bitch but the age of the machine is here.

sinz52 said...

That's already happening, in Japan.

See:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiUJ0PuYcsI

and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF39Ygp53mQ

mikee said...

Decontamination robots - how are they cleaned after they do their jobs?

I'd prefer use of a blast furnace, or perhaps irradiation and live steam at high pressure.