Nurabot, showcased at Computex 2025, is Foxconn and Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ new attempt to give overworked nurses a bit of breathing room. With a global staff crunch looming — projected 4.5 million shortfall by 2030 — this AI-powered helper is built to take the edge off routine tasks and keep things ticking on the hospital floor.
The bot is already getting its rounds in, currently being field-tested at Taichung Veterans General Hospital (TCVGH). The robotic nurse-assistant takes care of the grunt work like medication runs, specimen drop-offs, and routine ward patrols, freeing up real nurses to focus on the stuff that needs a human touch.
“In one of our wards, Nurabot handles delivering wound care kits and health education materials,” shares Shu-Fang Liu, deputy director of nursing at TCVGH. “It cuts down on repetitive trips, eases our fatigue, and lets us spend more quality time with patients.”
It is powered by Nvidia’s Jetson Orin edge computing and Holoscan sensor processing. Before hitting the wards, it’s virtually trained using Nvidia Isaac for Healthcare and Omniverse simulations to ensure it’s ready for anything the real world throws at it. Foxconn’s own
FoxBrain—a large language model skilled in speech recognition and natural conversation—drives Nurabot, also boosting the CoDoctor AI platform to sharpen diagnostics in areas like cardiology, oncology, and ophthalmology.