Speedy medicine dispensing robot to give SA healthcare a shot in the arm | Duncan025
, is being showcased at the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems ManuVation 4.0 Workshop in Pretoria.
"We started the design and the build of the robot with this in mind. Whereas available robots in the market identify products during loading, albeit none of them [are] able to dispense medicine bags, the AVA robot is double confirming all dispenses ," Andre van Biljon, chief technology officer and innovator at Right ePharmacy told News24.The robot features an ability to scan images and barcodes to make sure the pick is correct.
It features an ability to dispense medication in medicine bags and it can also apply labels and dosage labels within six seconds per item - or 550 sachets per hour. "In South Africa, this is at least 30% the case of typical items on chronic medication scripts, ie 30% line items on typical chronic scripts are packaged in sachets or medicine bags. This is a significant volume and could be as much as 40 million bags per month for South Africa."
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