Hohoho, see you again, on occasion will bring about a coronavirus patient Dr Spot can now track a COVID-19 patient's vital signs from 6 ft away see in full
A collaborative team of researchers has turned Boston Dynamics’ dog-like robot into a tiny mobile doctor, now able to remotely measure patients’ vital signs from a distance of over six feet (1.8 m). Dubbed Dr Spot, the robot is currently being tested as a way to safely triage potentially contagious COVID-19 patients. After more than a decade of development Boston Dynamics began working with staff at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Massachusetts. Health care workers at the hospital had suffered a significant raft of infections and needed to find a novel way to minimize exposure to contagious patients. The initial solution was relatively basic. Custom designed mounts were installed on Spot robots, essen...