A humanoid robot being tested at the SMS Hospital in Jaipur on March 26, 2020. Photo: Special Arrangement
The robot uses a tray to ferry food and medicine.
The Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Government Hospital in Jaipur is conducting a series of trials on a humanoid robot to check if could be pressed into service for delivering medicines and food to the COVID-19 patients admitted there, helping to keep the doctors and nursing staff at a safe distance to protect them against the dreaded coronavirus.
A committee of experts, which saw the demonstration on Thursday, will shortly submit its report on a proposal to use the robots to serve the patients admitted to the hospital’s isolation ward, SMS Hospital’s Medical Superintendent D.S. Meena told The Hindu. SMS Hospital is the biggest government hospital in the State.
Mitigating risk
Dr. Meena said that since there were higher c