Chang Robotics announced March 19 it has formed Curabotics, a technology company specializing in automation, robotics and AI to improve health care.
“Curabotics will focus exclusively on healthcare automation. In addition to our already proven Nurse-Assist robots and robotic pharmacy, Curabotics offers a comprehensive range of technology to improve efficiency, diagnostics, and patient outcomes,” Curabotics co-founder and President Kate McAfoose said in a news release.
Matthew Chang founded Chang Robotics, formerly Chang Industrial, in 2017. The company is based in Jacksonville Beach.
The development and implementation of robots specializing in health care tasks comes during a nursing shortage, according to the release. The replacement cost is $53,250 per nurse, and major hospitals each lose between $21 million and $43 million annually due to workforce issues.
A two-year study showed that hospitals employing Curabotics technology to do a variety of menial tasks found time savings of 40%, the release said.
Robots can assist nurses, automate hospital warehouses, make inter-campus deliveries, provide some home health care solutions and assist in telehealth visits.
The new technology is at work in mobile imagining devices, AI-driven metabolic scanning and robot surgery equipment.
Besides reducing nurses' workloads by 15%, one robotic pharmacy can support 15 retail locations.
Automation took over security and badge access, fire alarm systems, HVAC & electrical systems, elevators and machine-to-machine automation.
Riyad Twahir is managing director of Curabotics. His background is in process transformation, autonomous robotic systems and enterprise technology solutions.
“I look forward to collaborating with healthcare partners to provide business-driven solutions that improve patient care,” Twahir said in the release.