Royal Children's Hospital on The Conversation

The Royal Children’s Hospital improves the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents through leadership in healthcare, research and education.

April 11, 2016

Robots can help young patients engage in rehab

Chris McCarthy, Swinburne University of Technology; Adam Scheinberg, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute; Felip Marti Carrillo, Swinburne University of Technology; Joanna Butchart, Royal Children's Hospital, and Leon Sterling, Swinburne University of Technology

The advent of social robots is giving rise to new possibilities in paediatric health care. But will they replace human specialists?