Cloud robots coming to healthcare?

Grazed from HealthCareNews. Author: Mike Millard.

Healthcare is among the top industries that could feel the impact of the emerging phenomenon of cloud-based robotics, according to a new research report from Frost & Sullivan. "Cloud robotics can be viewed as a convergence of information, learned processes, and intelligent motion or activities with the help of the cloud," the report explains. "It allows to move the locus of ‘intelligence’ from onboard to a remote service."

As robots are increasingly deployed for everything from manufacturing to surgery, Frost & Sullivan sees need to better manage them remotely via the Internet. With the Web used to augment robots’ capabilities – off-loading computation and providing services on demand – this will enable expanded memory and storage capabilities and access to shared knowledge, thus increasing their functionality…

"The key application sectors for cloud robotics include healthcare, transportation, consumer and manufacturing applications," according to the report, "Innovations in Cloud Robotics."…

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