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| Patient Bath Robot | ||
| Robot gives patient a bath. |
The Roujin-Z robot is able to give a patient under its care a bath.
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| Technovelgy from Roujin Z,
by Katsuhiro Otomo. Published by Anime in 1991 Additional resources -
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Here is the US version of the video trailer for the movie:
( Roujin Z-0001 automated hospital bed and transport robot)
Compare to the finger jet bath from The Houses of Iszic (1954) by Jack Vance.
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