Kanae Sudo, 11, who stays at the Ibaraki Children's Hospital in Mito, used the robot from a room at the medical center on Oct. 31 to attend a science class for fifth-year elementary school pupils.

Thanks to the data gathered by the robot, as well as wider biometric information collected by smartwatches and wearables connected to Haru, hospital staff say the potential to increase the number ...

"This physical AI thing is coming where your whole hospital is going to turn into an AI," Powell told BI. "You're going to have eyes operating on your behalf, robots doing what is otherwise ...