Robotic Patient

 Something new for medical school, perhaps?  BD

Researchers at Gifu University’s Graduate School of Medicine have developed a robotic patient that can respond verbally to questions about how it feels and move its body in ways that exhibit the symptoms of its ailment.

Modeled after an adult female and equipped with body parts that move in a smooth, human-like way, the android is designed to provide students with valuable hands-on experience in diagnosing rare medical conditions. For example, when suffering from myasthenia gravis — an often misdiagnosed neuromuscular disease leading to muscle weakness and fatigue — the robot tells the doctor its eyelids are heavy, and it changes its facial expression, slowly relaxes its shoulders and hunches forward.

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Hat Tip:  Engadget