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Image show the Pedia_roid robot which has been designed to mimic children's medical emergencies to help train dental workers.

Video. Meet the convulsing child robot helping to train Japan’s dentists

Updated: 03/05/2022 - 10:47 GMT+2

The life-like bot was co-developed by robotics start-up Tmsuk and a local dental school to simulate a child’s response to receiving dental treatment.

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