New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- Union Minister of State for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh, on Monday said tele-robotics will add a new dimension to healthcare through value addition powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), as he witnessed a live demonstration of an indigenously developed Tele-Robotic Ultrasonography (TUS) system connecting New Delhi to Antarctica.

The demonstration linked the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital, New Delhi, with India's Maitri Research Station in Antarctica, located over 12,000 kilometres away.

According to a release, the system enabled a radiologist seated in Delhi to conduct a real-time ultrasound examination of a volunteer stationed at the Antarctic base.

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