Online Extra: Meet Mr. Rounder
Equipped with two-way video capability, this robot can serve as a doctor's eyes and ears in keeping in touch with patients
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By Arlene Weintraub in Hackensack, N.J.
On a mid-February day at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J., a robot rolls into the room of patient Harvey Marcus, who's recovering from hernia surgery. "You lost weight!" Marcus jokes to the robot as it rolls to the foot of his bed.