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Pharm-Bot Goes On Rampage

Posted by Zonk on from the watch-the-flailing-limbs dept.

budgenator writes "Seems that Waldo, a robot that delivers medication from the pharmacy to the nurses stations, went on an extracurricular journey at San Francisco's UCSF Medical Center last Tuesday. Waldo entered uninvited into a radiation oncology examination room disturbing a Doctor and Patient enough that it caused them to flee the room. Is navigating a hospital full of moving humans more difficult than navigating the DARPA grand challenge, or could it be that like his sibling robort Elvis, he just wanted to leave the building?"

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  1. It's quite simple... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... He was looking for Sara Conner.

  2. Hal9000? by Chrispy1000000+the+2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sorry, I can't do that Dave.

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  3. If a robt shows up at my door by jaltoids · · Score: 5, Funny

    Full of drugs, and wants to "hang out" who am I to complain....

    At least I wont have to share the goodstuff

  4. You've got the priorities wrong by Beek · · Score: 5, Funny
    1. A robot must check the level of insurance coverage of patient
    2. A robot must not allow a human to come to harm from it's action or inaction, unless that action is not permitted by rule 1.
    3. A robot must follow orders given by a human, unless that order contradicts rule 2.