Talking robot for medical students
p2pnet news view | Off Topic:- “Say hello to Keiko,” writes Adam Frucci in Gizmodo.
“She’s the world’s first robot with Down Syndrome. She’s designed to help doctors diagnose people who come into the ER with a bad case of the Downs by answering their questions and responding to touch. What’s that? She’s not supposed to be retarded? Well what the hell is with that forehead then? Come on, Japan. The first retarded medical robot was kind of funny, now I’m worried that I’ll accidentally get diagnosed with Downs if I ever end up in a Japanese hospital.
Pretty funny, huh?
In contrast, here’s how CrunchGear, which originated the story, puts it:
“Gifu University’s Graduate School of Medicine [JP] (located in central Japan) has developed a new ’sick’ robot, which is specifically geared towards medical students.
“Named Keiko, “the robot answers questions such as ‘How are you doing?’, i.e. by saying ‘I get tired easily lately’,”says the story, going on:
“The interactive humanoid robot, which has been jointly developed with Mizuno Technical Institute, is meant to help medical students practice conversations with patients.
“They can also use Keiko for examinations by touch, before doing the same with human beings. Keiko is specifically designed for training neurological disorders so that medical students are able to learn the various ways brain and nervous system illnesses can be identified.”
Gizmodo – Japan’s Downsy Medical Bot Teaches Doctors How to Treat Special Patients, November 12, 2008
CrunchGear – Meet Keiko, the newest (talking) robot for medical students, November 12, 2008
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November 12th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Funny? Not.