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Session 5.2.1

Healthcare Automation Innovation Journey

Date: 14 Oct 2026 | Time: 1435 - 1455 | Venue: Level 1, L1-S1, Academia 

Speaker: Assoc Prof Tan U-Xuan

Healthcare systems around the world are facing growing demands for efficiency and yet, maintain the quality of care, which include reducing the spread of infectious diseases. With the shortage in workforce and rising operational pressures, most of the focus is on the treatment and prevention of the spread of infectious diseases can be at times neglected. Automation and robotics is a potential transformative solution to address this. In this presentation, I will share some of my innovation journey in healthcare automation, with examples like nurse-robot teaming for the delivery of commodes and the development of an autonomous robot for disinfection in the ward for patients with communicable disease. The first highlights how robots can support frontline nursing staff by reducing the cleaning work and freeing time to focus on direct patient care. The second demonstrates the potential of robotic systems to reduce the manpower required and yet maintain infection control. Together, these efforts illustrate a broader vision of how robotics can contribute to create a more sustainable healthcare environment. 

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