CODY WANTS TO GIVE YOU A SENSUAL SPONGE BATH
PBS NEWSHOUR ON ROBOTS
November 4, 2010EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK: DEFCON NINJA PARTY BADGE | THREAT LEVEL | WIRED.COM
November 4, 2010Cody here comes from Georgia Tech’s Healthcare Robotics Lab; we first met him back in March. Since then, Cody’s been busy, learning how to give sponge baths. All an operator has to do is to select an area of a patient, and Cody will autonomously go to work. In the video above, there are little blue squares of debris that Cody has been assigned to clean up, and clearly, he’s pretty good at it. Very good. He goes nice and sloooowww. Yeah… Just like that.
Cody’s more than just a pleasurebot, though. He’s learning how to help out in hospitals and care facilities, to reduce the workload on nurses and direct care workers. This means better healthcare for everyone in the long run, and we can all look forward to getting sponged down by robots. I know I am.
