Self-service medical booths to measure vital signs can help cut waiting times at clinics

Sensors built into RP Medbot can measure a patient's height and weight, while a machine takes his blood pressure. - LIANHE ZAOBAO

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Imagine stepping into a clinic and having your temperature, blood pressure, blood oxygen levels and body mass index taken within minutes - all without having to interact with any other human being.

Sensors built into RP Medbot - an "unmanned medical booth" developed by local tech firm Republic Power - can measure a patient's height and weight, while a machine takes his blood pressure.