A nuanced view of a hospital robot

Laura Pedulli | February 11, 2015 | Health Exec | Precision Medicine

A new fleet of robots gracing the halls of the University of California, San Francisco hospital has inspired mixed feelings in a writer at Wired.

The robots, which each travel an average of 12 miles per day, deliver drugs, clean linens and meals while carting away medical waste and soiled sheets and trash. "The whole circus is, in a word, bewildering," according to the story.

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