Japan's Asahi Shimbun reported on the 1st, in order to reduce the pressure on human nurses, Japan's Nagoya University Hospital plans to deploy a group of robot nurses to help nurses deliver drugs and medical samples, so night shift workload can be reduced accordingly.

   It is reported that at present, Nagoya University Hospital plans to launch four such robots next month. The robots will start a one-year trial run, and the working hours will be set at 5:00 pm till 8:00 am the next day. They will be formalized to work in the future if the next pilot projects prove valid.

   The robot, developed by Nagoya University and TOYOTA industrial robot, is 125 centimeters high and can carry a weight of 30 kilograms at 3.6 kilometers per hour.The robot uses radar technology and a 360 degree camera. If someone is on the route, the robot will say, "excuse me, please let me go."The robot can take the elevator to different floors, when the battery runs out, it will automatically return to the charging station, for charging.

   Registrants,including protect nurses and pharmacists, can use the tablet to call the robot and specify its destination, and the robot then automatically supplies the required items as instructed.

   Japanese officials said that "similar autonomous transfer robots have been used in automobile factories and elsewhere, but they are rarely introduced to hospitals or other medical facilitie.By using the robots,we can reduce the strain on night shift workers so that nurses and other professionals are more focused on their main responsibilities. "