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Every morning, children at more than 2,000 preschools in China start their days by facing off with a robot named Walklake.<\/p>
The bot looks for signs of illness and alerts a teacher or school nurse if it notices that a child might be under the weather, according to a recent New Scientist<\/em> story<\/a>. It’s then up to the human to decide whether or not to send the student home for the day — and experts are divided on whether Walklake is a boon for schools or a potential privacy nightmare.<\/p> Walklake uses an array of cameras and sensors to check each student’s face and hands for signs of common ailments, such as a fever or irritated throat. The idea is that catching an illness early could prevent it from spreading throughout a school’s population, and it only takes the robot about three seconds to check each student.<\/p> “It’s allowing for better health monitoring, especially in places that have large populations but not enough skilled health professionals,” Karen Panetta, an engineering professor at Tufts University, told New Scientist<\/em>.<\/p> The boxy, brightly colored Walklake looks innocuous enough. However, Joanna Bryson, a computer science professor at the University of Bath, told New Scientist<\/em> there’s always the possibility that hackers could access the data collected by the healthcare robot<\/a>.<\/p> Still, even she sees the benefits of Walklake in a school environment.<\/p> “The robots can be very appealing to kids,” she told New Scientist<\/em>, “and may make them willing to have their health checked every day.”<\/p> READ MORE: <\/strong>Robots conduct daily health inspections of schoolchildren in China<\/a> [New Scientist<\/em>]<\/p> More on robot healthcare:<\/strong> Bill Gates Funds Tiny Robot Surgeons That Operate Inside the Body<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post This Robot Scans Preschoolers’ Faces Daily for Signs of Sickness<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> See the original post here: Dr. Robot Every morning, children at more than 2,000 preschools in China start their days by facing off with a robot named Walklake. Continue reading Open Wide<\/h2>
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