SUNABACO Signs MOU With Kurashiki Central Hospital Research Institute
A general hospital research institute signing directly with a robot developer to test physical AI on its own wards puts the clinical site, not the vendor, at the center of deciding what gets built.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
SUNABACO Inc. signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Clinical Research Institute of the Ohara Memorial Kurashiki Central Medical Foundation to collaborate on introducing and developing physical AI in medical settings. Under the MOU, the two will run demonstration experiments at Kurashiki Central Hospital and verify labor-saving and automation for work that places a heavy physical burden on healthcare workers.
The agreement, announced by SUNABACO, covers demonstration experiments and joint development of physical AI inside Kurashiki Central Hospital. Physical AI here means AI with a physical body, such as robots.
The parties will also verify labor-saving and automation in hospital operations that place a heavy physical burden on healthcare workers. SUNABACO, based in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, has developed robots for healthcare and shipbuilding, and describes its approach as adapting to on-site operations rather than imposing technology.
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