Photos: Paging Dr. Robot, your patient is waiting

From the laptop control station at Healdsburg Hospital, Dr. James Finn, director of the intensive care unit, practices operating one of the RP-7 robots at the InTouch Health offices in Santa Barbara, Calif. The simple interface can be used from any laptop computer, and a joystick controls the movement and the rotation of the head.

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