Aethon Makes JR Tug Available to Children's Hospitals
August 8, 2008
Aethon Inc. has announced the general availability of its train-themed "JR" autonomous mobile robot to children's hospitals across the country, and will make a donation to the national Make-A-Wish Foundation for each JR TUG that is deployed. Modeled after the title character in the children's book "The Little Engine That Could," JR was originally developed to help grant a wish for 7-year old leukemia patient, Jericho Rajninger, in Larkspur, CA and was donated to the UCSF Children's Hospital through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Jericho believed that having medications delivered by a robot modeled after a train might make the prospect of taking the pills more pleasant for sick children. In addition to UCSF Children's Hospital, the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin also employs a JR TUG, and Levine Children's Hospital in NC has agreed to place one into service early this fall. For more information on purchasing JR, visit http://www.aethon.com/contact.html.
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