Panasonic banks on robot drug dispensers

Courtesy Engadget  Tue, 07/07/2009 - 13:50

Panasonic isn't the first company to turn to robots as a means for dispensing drugs, but it looks like it's set to become one of the bigger players in the still fledgling field, with it announcing today that it's developing a robot that it hopes will rake it about 30 billion yen (or $315 million) by 2016.

Unfortunately, Panasonic isn't quite ready to actually show off the robot just yet, but it says it could be making the...

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