Robot is sick

A robot patient was created by researchers at the Gifu University School of Medicine in the United States. They claim that this is the first robot that can express both words and actions to show how sick they are.

The goal of the study is to provide students with the opportunity to observe close-ups of rare medical conditions. For example, when myasthenia gravis - a muscular nerve disease that leads to muscle weakness and fatigue - robots will tell the doctor their eyelids are very heavy, while changing the face, slowly let go. loose shoulders and head down.

"It is difficult to fit shoulder and shoulder blades like human beings," researcher Yuzo Takahashi said. "In the future, we want to program the robot with more symptoms and create a more realistic learning tool."

Robots will help students learn more conveniently under conditions not always exposed to patients with rare diseases.

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