Robots supporting human-centric health care

Cobionix’s collaborative robot Codi automates routine tasks, empowering professionals to focus on critical patient care

By Jordan Flemming

University Relations

Waterloo alumni Nima Zamani (BASc ’14, MASc ’18), Tim Lasswell (BASc ’14, MASc ’17) and John Van Leeuwen (BSc ’81) co-founded Cobionix and are on a mission to optimize health care through autonomous collaborative robots, or cobots.

These robots aim to assist health-care professionals by automating routine and time-consuming tasks.

“Cobots, short for collaborative robots, are designed to work alongside humans in shared environments, enabling seamless collaboration and support,” Zamani says. “Health care is inherently human-centred, and our focus is on supporting professionals by handling repetitive tasks, allowing them to spend more time on critical patient care.”

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