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"What has allowed so many Psychopathic Personalities to rise so high in corporations and government, is that they are so decisive. Unlike normal people, they are never filled with doubts, for the simple reason that they cannot care what happens next."
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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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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