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Today, developers are making strides in AI and

robotics usage in health care. Robots with AI are

becoming more common in hospitals and doctors’

offices. Some of them help with surgeries. For

example, in 2019, scientists used a tiny robot to

find and repair a leaky valve in a patient’s heart.

Larger robots perform tasks such as carrying

supplies and blood samples. A hospital in San

Francisco, California, has robots called Tugs that

know the hospital’s hallways. They sense when

people and other obstacles are in their way.

Some AI programs make important decisions

for medical staff. AI programs help assign beds at

Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.

They look at available beds and a list of patients’

symptoms. Then they figure out which patients

can be assigned to which beds. AI programs are

also used to handle documentation. They know

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