Nurse Robots.

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Technology Today| June 15 2018 Nurse Robots Linda Harrington, PhD, DNP, RN-BC, CNS, CPHQ, CENP, CPHIMS Linda Harrington, PhD, DNP, RN-BC, CNS, CPHQ, CENP, CPHIMS Department Editor Linda Harrington is an Independent Consultant, Health Informatics and Digital Strategy, and Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030 (linda.harrington@gmail.com). Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar AACN Adv Crit Care (2018) 29 (2): 107–110. https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2018248 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Citation Linda Harrington; Nurse Robots. AACN Adv Crit Care 1 January 2018; 29 (2): 107–110. doi: https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2018248 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAACN Advanced Critical Care Search Advanced Search In the last column of Technology Today, we talked about exponential technology, artificial intelligence, and the seemingly unpredictable future of nursing.1 This future is seen today. A quick internet search using the term nurse robot will bring up around 10 million results. Japanese and Chinese companies are leading the way by developing nurse robots for various tasks (eg, lifting patients, delivering documents).2 One of the most realistic nurse robots, Actroid-F, created in 2010 through a collaboration of 2 Japanese robotics companies, can blink, move its eyes and head, bow, smile, and talk.2,3 Making computers think is much easier than making computers act. This progression is contrary to what we see in normal human growth and development: infants attain physical milestones such as crawling and walking before cognitive accomplishments such as learning, reasoning, and developing ideas. With computers and,... ©2018 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses2018 You do not currently have access to this content.