Would You Let a Robot Stick You With a Needle?

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Would You Let a Robot Stick You With a Needle? 209

Posted by timothy on Saturday July 27, 2013 @02:22AM from the with-pleasure-and-gusto dept.

An anonymous reader writes "IEEE Spectrum has a story about a robot that uses infra red and ultrasound to image veins, picks the one with best bloodflow, and then sticks a needle in. (video included). Veebot started as an undergrad project and the creators are aiming for better performance than a human phlebotimist before going for clinical trials. Robodracula anyone?"

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