Nurabot began to act alongside human professionals in hospitals
And you, have you ever imagined being cared for by a robot nurse, well that is already happening, not exactly as you imagine, at least not yet, in Taiwan technology took a bold step towards the revolution in health, a robot called Nurabot began to act alongside human professionals in hospitals and this is the first nursing robot equipped with artificial intelligence that is tested on a large scale and is already making a difference in the lives of patients and nurses with the support of giants like FoxConn and Nvidia Taiwan has become a true high-tech medical laboratory, facing head-on a global crisis, the shortage of health professionals.
Reduces the workload of human nurses by up to 30%
Nurabot is not just any robot, it is equipped with the Fox Brain artificial brain, a high-performance language model created on the Nvidia NeMo platform, it also uses the Isaac for Healthcare for simulations, it trains in virtual environments with the Omniverse platform and it is equipped with the powerful Jetson Orin for real-time detection and all this works integrated into the Envidia Holloscan platform aimed at complex medical applications.
The robot, whatever you want to call it, is capable of moving alone through the hospital corridors, delivering medications, patrolling rooms, guiding visitors and assisting with night shifts, and according to Foxconn itself, its performance already reduces the workload of human nurses by up to 30%.
Before putting Nurabot in contact with real patients, hospitals build digital twins, virtual simulations of the rooms where robots can be trained with maximum safety. An example of this is the Taichung Veterans General Hospital, which built an exact replica of one of its rooms to simulate the real environment. There, the robot trained as if it were in a realistic game, learning routes, procedures and interactions.
Nurabot Advanced Features
This strategy guarantees not only the safety of patients but also the efficiency of the implementation, Nurabot is much more than a programmed machine, it is collaborative, learns from data, responds adaptively and will soon be able to recognize faces, speak several languages and even help patients with reduced mobility, for example, in a case cited by hospitals, patients with lung diseases who previously required two nurses to lift and begin breathing exercises are now assisted only by a human nurse with the help of the Nurabot.
All this is possible thanks to advances in edge computing and the integration between AI, sensors, predictive models, human-machine interaction interfaces. Today Nurabot already operates in four large hospitals in Taiwan and its uses are diverse, delivery of treatment kits directly to beds, distribution of health education materials, support during visiting hours on night shifts and reduction of physical wear and tear on nurses.
These tasks, although simple, consume the time and energy of health professionals and that is where Nurabot comes in, freeing humans to focus on what only they can do, caring with empathy, at least for some.
The project is part of a broad digital health transformation strategy, supported by a robust infrastructure in Taiwan and by innovations from Foxconn and Nvidia, the arrival of Nurabot is more than a technological milestone, it is a reflection of the urgent changes in the health system, whether you like it or not in a world that will face the lack of 4.5 million nurses by 2030 robots like this can be the difference between collapse and continuity of care.
