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Houston deploys robots to patrol inside hospital

The robots have an emergency button as well that anyone can press to get in contact with security personnel


Security at the Houston Methodist's hospital has gone robotic after recently adding two new non-human members to its team, according to an article on the ABC13 website.

"Holmes" and "Watson" are the two new members of the security team.

The robots are a first of their kind in the medical center and in the nation to patrol inside a hospital, hospital officials said.

The robots have an emergency button as well that anyone can press to get in contact with security personnel.

Read the article.

 

 



December 17, 2018


Topic Area: Security


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