Will Robots Come to Our Medical Rescue? From: Electronic Design - 08/16/2007 - page 28 By: Daniel Harris Even just a few years ago, robotic doctors seemed decades away. But many physicians now use a remotely controlled robot with a built-in video conference system to provide medical care. The RP-7 from InTouch Health provides a "remote presence" that allows physicians to interact with patients regardless of their physical location. The RP-7 has two fundamental pieces: a control station and a robot. The remote physician controls the robot with a joystick attached to a laptop. The physician and patient can see each other in real time thanks to video cameras with 5X optical zoom and 24-bit color 320- by 240-pixel resolution at 30 frames per second. Thanks to the RP-7 system's "many-to-many" system architecture, any control station may connect to any robot. This lets physicians who work out of an office, hospital, or home connect to any robot in any intensive care unit, emergency department, or patient ward. The RP-7 robot sells for $150,000. Read the entire article at: http://www.elecdesign.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=16236 Links: InTouch Health http://www.intouch-health.com/products-RP7.html