UK researching medical robots to potentially replace nurses

Nurses help patients through difficult times with a friendly smile and compassionate care. However, in the UK, nurses are likely to be replaced by robots because of staff shortages. In fact, the increasingly sophisticated medical robots are not only able to replace the work of nurses, but also irreplaceable assistants in medical teaching, and even able to show their skills underwater, in outer space and on the battlefield. A revolution in medical technology is on the horizon.

The pharmacy to split the medicine accurately

According to the British newspaper "Independent" reported on the 20th, scientists from Newcastle and Warwick, England, is developing a nursing robot, hoping to share the heavy and trivial nursing work, and ease the current situation of nursing staff in the United Kingdom.

The newly developed care robot will help health care workers to confirm the identity of the patient, and accurately distribute the required medicines. Experts predict that in the near future, robot nurses can also check the patient's temperature, clean up the ward, and even through video transmission to help doctors understand the patient's condition in a timely manner. At present, London has several hospitals in the pharmacy installed drug sales robot.

Accurate completion of surgery

So far, human development of medical robots has made some progress. One of the more famous is the U.S. developed the "Da. Da Vinci system". This surgical robot has been certified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It has four mechanical tentacles. Under the doctor's manipulation, "da Vinci system. Da Vinci system" to accurately complete heart valve repair surgery and cancerous tissue removal surgery.

The ability of medical robots is not only this. 18, the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced a plan to carry out experiments on medical robotics in its underwater laboratory and the space shuttle. At that time, doctors can simply sit in front of a computer at the Nashville Experimental Center to manipulate underwater and out-of-sky surgery.

Medical robots will also be used in the military field. 2005, the U.S. military invested $ 12 million to study the "field trauma management system". This set of robotic devices are placed in tanks and armored vehicles, wartime through the doctor from the headquarters of the command, the robot can be injured in simple surgery, stabilize their injuries and wait for rescue.

Teaching aid irreplaceable

In addition to this, medical robots are also ideal teaching aids. Medical staff at a hospital in Washington, D.C., are currently using a teaching robot called Noel, which can simulate a pregnant woman about to give birth, and can even talk and scream. By simulating a real delivery, it helps to improve OB/GYN staff's surgical coordination and on-the-spot response. "It's impossible for us to try this over and over again on real people, so 'Noel' is an amazing teaching tool." Gina, a nurse at the hospital. Allen said.