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Robotic health care is coming to a hospital near you

  • Written by Mattie Milner, Ph.D. Candidate in Human Factors, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Robotic health care is coming to a hospital near youAre you ready for this?MONOPOLY919/Shutterstock.com

Medical robots are helping doctors and other professionals save time, lower costs and shorten patient recovery times, but patients may not be ready. Our research into human perceptions of automated health care finds that people are wary of getting their health care from an automated system, but...

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