Doctor-on-wheels to do rounds in Malaysian wards: 'Medibot' can treat coronavirus patients without risking infection
The medical robot is equipped with a camera and screen.
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AFP
Engineering professors pose with the version two prototype of the IIUM Medibot medical robot at the International Islamic University Malaysia in Gombak, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian scientists have created a barrel-shaped robot on wheels that they hope will make the rounds on hospital wards to check on coronavirus patients, reducing health workers' risk of infection.
"Medibot" is a 1.5 metre tall (five foot) white robot, equipped with a camera and screen via which patients can communicate remotely with medics.
Engineering professors program version two prototype of the Medibot, being developed for health workers to treat patients without risking infection from coronavirus. It is aimed at helping nurses and doctors working on the wards with social distancing, Zulkifli Zainal Abidin, a member of the team behind the invention, told AFP.
It cost about 15,000 ringgit ($3,500) to develop, and the university plans to trial it soon in their own private hospital, which does not treat virus patients, said Zulkifli. If that proves a success, the scientists hope it can be used in government hospitals where people with COVID-19 are sent.
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Malaysia has reported 4,683 coronavirus cases, including 76 deaths. 'Medibot' is a 1.5 metre tall (five foot) white robot. From Thailand to Israel, robots are being used in the fight against the coronavirus, which has killed over 110,000 people worldwide.
They are being increasingly relied on as fast, efficient, contagion-proof champions in the war against the virus.
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