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A robot designed to assist COVID-19 patients operates in the COVID-19 ward of a hospital in New Delhi, India, on Dec. 5, 2020. Anindito Mukherjee/Getty Images
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University of California (UC) researchers are turning to robots for help during the ongoing pandemic.

A research team—which includes members from the University of California’s Irvine, San Diego, and Los Angeles campuses—is developing advanced robots that will allow health care workers to conduct remote exams.

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