This Chinese robot passes written medical exam China has succeeded to become the world’s first country for introducing a robot machine that has passed a written medical exam, making futuristic ideas about robo doctors seem more closer to reality.
According to the reports from China Daily, the robot machine has made history for passing the written component of China’s National Medical Licensing Test with flying colours.
The robo did score 456 points in the doctors’ entrance exam, and this achievement was well above the pass mark of 360.
9 NEWS has also reported about the Chinese robot that has become the first machine in the world to pass a written medical exam.
The developer of the robot and iFlytek Co Ltd which is the leading Chinese Artificial Intelligence company said the robot has an ability to assist with clinical diagnosis and outpatient treatment.
But the robot has not been launched officially by the Chinese company and the launch of this robot is due in March 2018. As Liu Qingfeng chairman iFlytek says,
“We will officially launch the robot in March next year,”.
But doctors should not be scared of loosing their jobs because the robot is not going to take their seats. And the reports state that,
“It is not meant to replace doctors. Instead, it is to promote better people-machine cooperation to boost efficiency.”
So, we can expect a very pleasant welcome to this robot from around the world because there is no reason for any class either doctors or patients to refuse the assistance from the robo.
iFlytek is now conducting a pilot project with Anhui Provincial Hospital of China to see how the robot can help doctors in real medical cases, including researching cancer as well as training general practitioners.
Qingfeng said,
“General practitioners are in severe shortage in China’s rural areas so we hope the robot can help more people access quality medical resources,”.
On Wednesday, The company succeeded to become a member of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) alliance set up by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The Chinese Academy of Sciences promotes the research of basic sciences and the application of the technology.
According to the reports from China Daily, the robot machine has made history for passing the written component of China’s National Medical Licensing Test with flying colours.
Back in July 2017, China unveiled a national plan for building a US$152.5 billion Artificial Intelligence core industry by the year 2030.
