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Transforming healthcare logistics with low-cost AI
 Bustling day outside a hospital.

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Transforming healthcare logistics with low-cost AI

Researchers from the Wharton School and Penn Engineering partnered with Sierra Leone’s government to build a low-cost AI tool that optimizes the allocation of essential medical supplies across the country. By accounting for missing data and navigating unexpected supply chain disruptions, the system ensures life-saving products reach the clinics that need them most.

4 min. read

Helping robotic arms solve problems using tools
Three students working on a robotic arm in the GRASP lab

Image: Sylvia Zhang

Helping robotic arms solve problems using tools

Penn engineers have developed VLMgineer, an AI framework that can design, adapt, and deploy tools in the real world.

Melissa Pappas

2 min. read

AI in nursing raises questions about safety, ethics, and human care
A nurse typing on a desktop computer.

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AI in nursing raises questions about safety, ethics, and human care

A new paper from Penn’s School of Nursing explores the potential benefits and challenges involved in the AI automation of the clinical nursing space.

Hoag Levins

2 min. read