In the medical center of a University in America, the doctor robot will bring you into a world in the future. With a robot as the doctor, people will never need to come to the history for diagnosis or treatment because it can do all the work remotely. Doctor just needs to connect the wireless broadband networks to the robot which will keep contact with the personal computer of patient for diagnosis and treatment.
Doctor controls the robot and adjusts the direction of screen and digital video installed at the head of the robot to acquire a perfect position for the following work. Examining, talking with patient for more information related to the illness and radioscopy will be carried out through the doctor robot. Patient will also have a convenient experience of seeing a doctor in this way. A doctor in this mechanical center has already used this doctor robot for a few months and it is proved that using a doctor robot is really more effective and more convenient than other means in remote diagnosis. With a doctor robot, the remote diagnosis will be made as an on-site one, which has no inconvenience during the whole process. There are many examples of medical application of robot. For example, another medical center in Boston of America can treat the inhabitant in Bermuda which is a thousand miles away. Therefore, people who live far ways from urban district will also be accessible to treatment at home for the using of a doctor robot in hospital.
In spite of the benefits of a doctor robot, a few people still think that it will take some time to adapt. Some patients who have the experience of treatment through a robot said that it feels like chatting on line and people will feel more relaxed when talking with the doctor. While others are doubt about the ability of a robot for that it may be less intelligent than human doctor. Anyway, all people admit that it really sets patients free from long distance travelling in order to see a doctor.
RP7i is the most advanced doctor robot in the world now which is 1.63 meters tall with the weight of 100kg. And people seem to adapt to it easily. There are 250 hospitals in America are using RP7i now except the medical center of the university mentioned in the first paragraph. Price of PR7i is up to 6000 dollars per month which is very expensive but cost-effective.