Doctors to use remotely controlled robot to assess care home residents

Clinicians will be able to see through the eyes of the robot, move around the room or between rooms and operate its arms and hands to carry out more complex assessments

Dr Mauro Dragone with the assisted living robot. Picture: Heriot-Watt University/Chris Watt/PA.

Doctors are to use a remotely operated robot to give check ups to care home residents with Alzheimer’s disease and other conditions.

The pilot will use technology pioneered by The National Robotarium at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and uses machine learning and artificial intelligence.