Are touch sensitive robots coming to nursing? A UK start-up thinks so

A ‘first-of-its-kind’ robot which gives clinicians the ability to ‘feel’ patients remotely has been launched as part of a Finnish hospital pilot by Edinburgh-based deep tech robotics company Touchlab, a start-up out of the UK’s government-funded National Robotarium. Controlled by operators wearing an electronic haptic glove, the Välkky telerobot is equipped with advanced electronic skin […]