Robotics in healthcare

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Robotics are often used in different industries around the world. They usually help with various tasks. Healthcare is one of the interesting examples where robots can be useful.

The Diligent Robotics

An example of a company working in the field of robotics in healthcare can be Diligent Robotics. The company was started in 2017 by two founders: Andrea Thomaz and Vivian Chu. The core product is the robot assistant to support nurses. The robot is called Moxi and is especially designed to perform routine and simple tasks. It can be for example delivering needed medications or supplies. Furthermore, Moxi can also open various types of doors by itself. The company is working closely with hospitals and nurses to provide the best value. The main goal is to enable nurses to focus more on the patients and have more time with them. The robot has a special arm to better operate. Also, it is equipped with AI that helps it learn how to move around and do the tasks. Robot implementation takes about 12 weeks due to company information. One of the first hospitals that started to use it full-time is in Dallas. What is interesting company describes that it offers the robots in a model called “robot-as-a-service”.

Raising funds

In 2016 Diligent Robotics managed to win the National Science Foundation with the reward of 750 thousand dollars. This money helped in the creation of the robot prototype. In 2020 the company received 10 million dollars in funding. With these funds further development and work were possible. Recently, Diligent Robotics raised 30 million dollars. It will be especially used in deployment, issues solving, and further scaling. Now the company has several investors including Ubiquity Ventures, Grit Ventures, DNX Ventures, True Ventures, and more.