INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
We need them focused on the complex and compassionate work of treating patients, especially amid the coronavirus outbreak
Diligent Robotics wants to give them a helper droid that can run errands for them around the hospital
could help healthcare centers use their staffs as efficiently as possible
for their materials management problems
The new cash from DNX, True Ventures, Ubiquity Ventures, Next Coast Ventures, Grit Ventures, E14 Fund and Promus Ventures will help Diligent
idea for a hospital droid after doing her PhD in social robotics at the MIT Media lab
They were inspired by a study revealing how nurses spent so much time acting as hospital gofers, so in 2016 they applied for and won a
National Science Foundation grant of $750,000 that funded a six-month sprint to build a prototype of Moxi.Since then, 18-person Diligent
Robotics has worked with hundreds of nurses to learn about exactly what they need from an autonomous assistant
as not to engender an uncanny valley cyborg weirdness
acknowledge their commands
A moving pillar lets it adjust its height, while its gripper hand and arm can pick and put down smaller pieces of hospital equipment
solution engineers work with hospitals to teach Moxi how to get around and what they need
The company hopes to eventually build the ability to learn and adapt right into the bot so nurses can teach it new tasks on the fly
steady approach to deployment so it can convince buyers that Moxi is worth the learning curve.Diligent Robotics will be competing with
feels more like an intern than a gadget
The company wants to evolve Moxi for other dull, dirty or dangerous service jobs
