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Chip giant Nvidia wants to bring robots to the hospital
- Nvidia is developing physical AI to make robots for use in hospitals for applications such as X-rays and linen delivery.
- Nvidia has been investing in and partnering with digital health and biotech companies, aiming to bring the next wave of artificial intelligence to healthcare.
- Kimberly Powell, Nvidia's VP of Healthcare, said that Nvidia's investments aim to corner the emerging advanced robotics market in order to maintain its spot in tech.
- Nvidia's future 'physical AI' will enable machines to perceive, understand and interact with the physical world.
- The development of physical AI will allow hospital systems to train their clinicians on virtual models by creating a digital twin; this could help them design healthcare systems.
- Nvidia is partnering with IT solutions provider Mark III to create digital simulations of hospital environments to tackle the digital twin challenge in healthcare.
- Nvidia has invested in Moon Surgical, a robotics company, to provide an extra set of arms during surgeries.
- Mayo Clinic has been deploying its own linen delivery robots, which ferry fresh sheets from room to room.
- Despite investing heavily in digital health companies, Nvidia does not plan on acquiring any healthcare firms.
- Nvidia is teaming up with Microsoft to bring AI tools and expert support to start-ups in healthcare and life sciences.
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