Diligent Robotics wants to give them a helper droid that can run errands for them around the hospital.

Since then, 18-person Diligent Robotics has worked with hundreds of nurses to learn about exactly what they need from an autonomous assistant.

Hospitals pay an upfront fee to buy Moxi robots, and then there’s a monthly fee for the software, services, and maintenance.

Diligent Robotics will be competing with companies like Aethon’s TUG bot for pulling laundry and pharmacy carts.

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