Panasonic Corp. said Tuesday it has developed a medical robot that dispenses drugs to patients, the electronics giant’s first step into robotics.
Panasonic will sell the robot to domestic hospitals starting in March before eventually marketing it in the United States and Europe. Spokesman Akira Kadota said the robot will cost several tens of millions of yen.
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