Medical robots are a type of service robot used in hospital settings to help with the general assistance of healthcare services, automating repetitive tasks typically done by human staff. This alleviating the need for medical workers, enabling them to have sufficient time doing more complicated tasks.

Implementing hospital robots greatly improves the overall level of patient care. The robots assist in offering information, guiding visitors and patients to the correct floor and room, and communicating with patients. The service robots which function as a receptionist in the medical team significantly improve social and health care in the hospitals.

The hospital robots can meet high-demanding applications. The patients on the intensive care ward are allowed to communicate with their family members using service robots. The communication achieved by the robots can reduce stress levels of both the patient and family, contributing to the positive support on the treatment. In addition, a video conference can be provided by the service robot for the patients lying in bed.

Hospital robots play significant role on the following tasks:

• Robots to Greet, Triage Incoming Patients

  Humanoid robots are implemented to greet people and to answer their questions at hospitals. The robots also serve as check-in staff for hospitals and clinics and guide patients to the correct floor and room, alleviating the need for human staff to interact with patients. The interaction between robots and patients significantly reduces the stress levels. Robot's engagement makes operation efficiency at hospitals highly improved.

• Patient Data Collection and Management

  Hospital robots help collect patient data to create medical files for the patients, and mange all medical records well.

• Consultation in Public Health

  Common knowledge about public health can be clearly introduced as a result of the interaction with service robots, greatly enhancing public health care.