The food and nutrition services team at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla feeds hundreds of patients every day. Working alongside this expert team of humans is a unique set of robot assistants eager to lend a different kind of hand. The food and nutrition services team uses high-tech robotic delivery carts known as TUG
devices, or TUGs. The hospital’s 10 TUGs are pre-programed to travel hallways and use elevators on their own, though they’re always monitored by staff members. TUGs then wait in the wings while deliveries are being made. However, anytime a patient or family member spots one, they ask to snap a picture. Read more about the TUGs here.
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