Med-Tech Innovation December 1, 2021
Janet Adams, chief operating officer of SingularityNET, explains why a new robot nurse could bring us one step closer to achieving technological singularity.
A new humanoid robot designed by Awakening Health, a joint venture between SingularityNET and Hanson Robotics, promises to revolutionise healthcare and provide care and companionship for elderly patients.
Aptly named Grace, our robot nurse combines the precision of advanced robotics for processing and gathering accurate data in real time, with the empathy and compassion that, traditionally, only the human touch can offer. She can recognise and respond to seven human emotions, speaks fluent English and Korean, and can mirror her interlocutor’s facial expressions. In some meaningful ways, she is the most empathetic humanoids ever created.
Grace has...