AI and robots used to enable faster detection of UTIs

Some 150 million people a year worldwide can suffer from UTIs, making them one of the most common types on infection.

A new initiative using AI to help detect UTIs could reduce anti-biotic prescribing, those involved in the project have claimed (Chris Ison/PA)

Residents in care homes in Scotland could be some of the first to benefit from a project which aims to use artificial intelligence (AI) and robots to detect urinary tract infections (UTIs) earlier.

Researchers from both the University of Edinburgh and the city’s Heriot-Watt University are working together on the Feather initiative – which seeks to reduce some of the negative consequences of late diagnosis of UTIs.