Would YOU let a robot help deliver your child?

Robots could soon lend nurses a helping hand in the delivery ward. In a two-year study, researchers from MIT have investigated whether robots can effectively take on the job of a'resource nurse,' making complex decisions in a fast-paced environment. Resource nurses are tasked with making thousands of critical decisions, including bed assignments and selecting the right nurse to perform a C-section – and so far, the researchers found that doctors and nurses accepted the robot-made recommendations 90 percent of the time. Researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory trained a Nao robot to learn the differences between good and bad decisions on the delivery floor at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical center in Boston In the study, the researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory trained a Nao robot to learn the differences between good and bad decisions on the delivery floor, according to CNN Money. Then, the robot named'Ginger' was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston to test out her skills.