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A new concept robot that could assist laboratory staff with their day-to-day tasks was unveiled.
The YuMi robot helps complete the time-consuming and mundane work around the hospital lab.
ABB thinks it can complete these repetitive tasks up to 50% faster than people working manually and work 24 hours a day.
Number of non-surgical medical robots may reach 60,000 internationally by 2025, possibly quadrupling the 15,000 or so accounted for in 2018.
“The healthcare sector is undergoing significant transformation ... increasing costs and a growing worldwide shortage of medical staff,” Sami Atiya, president of ABB robotics.
ABB’s new research hub will be located at the Texas Medical Center in Houston.
ABB opened its first global healthcare research hub in the U.S and developed the helper robots.
