According to The Scotsman, scientists are confident that robot nurses will be assisting with the care of patients within 3 years. While there’s no immediate plans to have them performing surgery, they “will perform basic tasks such as mopping up spillages, taking messages and guiding visitors to hospital beds. They could also be used to distribute medicines and even monitor the temperature of patients remotely with laser thermometers.”

Next up - the first all robot surgery, performed by robotic nurses, on robotic patients (such as Noelle the pregnant robot).