Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital / Hospital Robot / Disinfection Robot / Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement

Hello, this is Marosol, Korea's No. 1 robot automation platform! 😁 Marosol is currently carrying out a major project. 👍 We are working with Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital on a large-scale robot convergence model demonstration project based on AI and 5G, supervised by the Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement. In this project, Marosol is utilizing its various references and technical capabilities to provide robot installation and create control systems for the hospital. 😎

Regarding the types of robots to be installed, more than 50 units of Sodami, a home care robot manufactured by KT, are scheduled for installation. Currently, two disinfection robots from Hyundai Robotics, six delivery robots from LG, and two guide robots from LG are being deployed. Today, as the LG CLOi GuideBot was being installed, I followed along to interview a nurse at Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital. 🎤

Shall we take a look at this "MaroSol-gist" interview conducted with the nurse? 👐

Hello, Nurse! Please introduce yourself.

Hello, I am Kim Young-mi, the PM (Project Manager) nurse at the Command Center of Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital.

I heard that Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital is the first to introduce so many robots. What was the motivation for starting this project?

I have worked in clinical practice for 20 years. While performing repetitive nursing duties, I realized there were many unnecessary tasks. I wanted to improve the clinical environment by replacing these unnecessary chores with robots so that we could focus more on the patients. That is why I participated in the AI/5G-based large-scale robot convergence model demonstration project with Marosol.

You must have needed a lot of information about robots to proceed with the project. How did you solve that?

When I first joined this project, I had zero knowledge about robots, so I struggled a lot on my own. Even after staring at the internet for two days, it wasn't easy to find appropriate information. The info I did find was often in English or in the form of academic papers, which took a long time to understand.

Then I discovered the Marosol site, and it was a huge help as it provided related videos and knowledge so that even people without basic professional expertise could easily learn about robots.

 Robot content provided on the Marosol website

Since you are proceeding with the robot introduction with Marosol, are you satisfied with the response of the Marosol robot experts?

To be honest, I was a bit worried at first that people who handle robots might lack delicateness (laughs). However, the Marosol robot experts explained everything from the user's perspective and installed the robots kindly, so I am very satisfied with the progress. Even if a malfunction occurred after installation, they visited promptly, allowing us to provide consistent service to our patients.

Patients' reactions to the robots must be important. How are they?

Interest from patients is constantly pouring in. Specifically, the children in the pediatric ward are the most excited (laughs). Seeing the children forget their pain for a moment and play happily with the robots is truly rewarding.

The reaction to the LG CLOi GuideBot installed today is also hot. It has a cute face, so I think its big advantage is that anyone can approach it easily. I heard it also has a photo-taking function, so I suspect it will become our hospital's mascot (laughs).

I'm glad the patients' reactions are good. The hospital staff must also have high expectations.

Of course. Introducing service robots into a medical field must have been a significant burden for the hospital staff as well. However, I believe someone had to make the attempt to provide better service to the patients.

I wanted us to be the ones to make that first attempt, and I want to provide a testbed where robots blend seamlessly into the field for the first time in Korea and the world. I definitely want to create a successful demonstration case by consistently managing the introduced robots.

Starting with Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, I hope many hospitals will introduce robots in the future. What are your thoughts on that?

Even now, robots to be introduced to hospitals are being manufactured. However, since medical staff do not speak up about what kind of robots are needed, robots are being produced without our opinions being reflected, leading to an increase in aging equipment that cannot be used in the field.

Through this opportunity, we intend to properly show robots that actively reflect our opinions in this demonstration project. Also, there will surely be issues that need to be resolved through medical fees (insurance reimbursement). I want to contribute good opinions regarding this.

Marosol is still working hard on the AI/5G-based large-scale robot convergence model demonstration project with Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital. I truly hope this project is successfully completed as a first in Korea and the world, so that there will be many more cases of seeing robots in hospitals in the future. 😊

If you are hesitating to introduce robots to a hospital, please contact Marosol's robot experts! Marosol robot experts are available for consultation 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. So, contact us right now! 😊