This robot, called MEDi (for Medicine and Engineering Designing Intelligence), was used in a University of Calgary-Alberta Health Services study last fall to reduce stress in children while they were receiving their annual flu vaccines. MEDi played with the kids, high-fived them and taught them to breathe deeply and relax before, during and after their shots. The study found the kids recovered quickly from their vaccinations—almost immediately as opposed to the 20 to 30 minute recovery time that usually follows a vaccination.
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