Researchers develop Cody robot that gives sponge baths to patients

Nursing a patient in hospitals and at home becomes a very daunting task even for the dedicated nurses at times. Thus, in order to relieve humans of this task, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a robot that gives sponge baths to patients. Dubbed Cody the robot could fit in as a replacement for our nurses in the near future, but are those horny patients in for the transition?

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Based on Segway omnidirectional mobile base, Cody has two anthropomorphic arms offering seven degrees of freedom and the wrists offering 6-axis force/torque sensors. “The end of the robot's right arm is fitted with a specialized 'bath mitt' and the robot gathers laser range data and images from a laser range finder and camera mounted above the robot's torso."

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