Key takeaways:

AI-powered robot Robin provides emotional support in hospitals and nursing homes

Used in 30 health care facilities across four states

Helps overworked medical staff by engaging with patients

Future plans include measuring vitals and assisting elderly patients

Days after Meagan Brazil-Sheehan’s 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, they were walking down the halls of UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center when they ran into Robin the Robot.

“Luca, how are you?” it asked in a high-pitched voice programmed to sound like a 7-year-old girl. “It’s been awhile.”

Brazil-Sheehan said they had only met the 4-foot-tall robot with a large screen displaying cartoonlike features once before after they were admitted several days earlier.

“His face lit up,” she said abo

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