Robotics And Medical Marijuana — A Joint Venture

So to speak.

http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2015/04/robotics-and-medical-marijuana-%E2%80%94-a-joint-venture

But even as marijuana becomes less of a fringe nutraceutical and more of an everyday medical treatment, doctors’ and patients’ understanding about which of the nearly 5,000 strains of cannabis will best help their symptoms is often a bit hazy.

This is where Potbotics comes in.

A startup company that’s found a unique niche in the exploding cannabis industry, Potbotics uses robotic technology to bring medical marijuana use into a new era of high-tech pharma. Their signature product, PotBot, is a robotic kiosk that gives patients a cannabis strain recommendation for treatment by using algorithms based on scientific data, crowd-sourced reviews and store inventory.

Along with PotBot, the company is also in the final testing phase of two other products, including BrianBot, which, according to the company: “…uses an EEG (electroencephalography) helmet that allows general practitioners to capture brain waves and analyze a patient’s neural response to cannabinoid stimulants so that the right strain and cannabinoid level can be recommended.”

While Potbotics’ technology aims to solve everyday issues for medical marijuana users, the company’s CEO, David Goldstein, says they also have a bigger goal: making cannabis more accepted in the medical community.