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Moxi the 'cobot' helps nurses spend more time with patients

Nurse Tina Merritt engages with Moxi in her cardiac unit at Christiana Hospital. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Nurse Tina Merritt engages with Moxi in her cardiac unit at Christiana Hospital. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)

A handful of hospitals around the country have started using cobots — collaborative robots — to deliver medications and other supplies to nurses.

Delaware’s largest hospital, Christiana Hospital, has two Moxi cobots making the rounds.

Cris Barrish of WHYY reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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