Editing Health informatics (section)

===Medical robotics===
A medical robot is a robot used in the medical sciences. They include surgical robots. These are in most telemanipulators, which use the surgeon's activators on one side to control the "effector" on the other side. There are the following types of medical robots:
* [[Robotic surgery|Surgical robots]]: either allow surgical operations to be carried out with better precision than an unaided human surgeon or allow [[remote surgery]] where a human surgeon is not physically present with the patient.
* [[Rehabilitation robotics|Rehabilitation robots]]: facilitate and support the lives of infirm, elderly people, or those with dysfunction of body parts affecting movement. These robots are also used for rehabilitation and related procedures, such as training and therapy.
* [[Biorobots]]: a group of robots designed to imitate the cognition of humans and animals.
* [[Telerobotics|Telepresence robots]]: allow off-site medical professionals to move, look around, communicate, and participate from remote locations.<ref>{{cite web | vauthors = Corley AM |title=The Reality of Robot Surrogates|url= https://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/humanoids/the-reality-of-robot-surrogates/0|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090928075659/http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/humanoids/the-reality-of-robot-surrogates/0|url-status= dead|archive-date= September 28, 2009|access-date=19 March 2013|publisher=spectrum.ieee.com|date=September 2009}}</ref>
* [[Pharmacy automation]]: robotic systems to dispense oral solids in a retail pharmacy setting or preparing sterile IV admixtures in a hospital pharmacy setting.
* Companion robot: has the capability to engage emotionally with users keeping them company and alerting if there is a problem with their health.
* Disinfection robot: has the capability to [[disinfect]] a whole room in mere minutes, generally using pulsed [[ultraviolet light]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.topwiki.nl/index.php?title=Pulsed_(UV)_Light&oldid=200|title=Pulsed (UV) Light|publisher=Top Wiki|access-date=2020-12-06|archive-date=2018-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901182639/http://en.topwiki.nl/index.php?title=Pulsed_(UV)_Light&oldid=200|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.discovery.com/tech/robotics | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131020074956/http://news.discovery.com/tech/robotics | archive-date = 20 October 2013 |title= On the topic of robotics | work = Discovery News |publisher=Discovery Communications, LLC}}</ref> They are being used to fight [[Ebola virus disease]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inquisitr.com/1629714/u-s-military-robots-to-join-fight-against-ebola/|title=U.S. Military Robots To Join Fight Against Ebola|publisher=Inquisitr|date=November 23, 2014 | vauthors = Bayot A }}</ref>