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Robots are playing many roles in the coronavirus crisis – and offering lessons for future disasters

  • Written by Robin R. Murphy, Raytheon Professor of Computer Science and Engineering; Vice-President Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (nfp), Texas A&M University
A nurse (left) operates a robot used to interact remotely with coronavirus patients while a physician looks on.MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images

A cylindrical robot rolls into a treatment room to allow health care workers to remotely take temperatures and measure blood pressure and oxygen saturation from patients hooked up to a ventilator. Another...

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