Two bedside procedures that have stayed almost entirely manual for decades are now the target of robotic automation, and the companies building the machines are not primarily claiming they perform better than trained staff. They are claiming there are not enough trained staff.
Blood collection is the more advanced of the two. Vitestro, a Netherlands company, has developed an autonomous phlebotomy system called Aletta that combines imaging, machine learning, and robotics to locate a vein, insert a needle, collect the sample, and dispose of the needle.
