True Digital Partners with King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital to Launch “Digital Hospital” Powered by “Physical AI” and Smart Medical Robots

This collaboration represents a significant breakthrough in intelligent robotic innovation, designed to meet every dimension of medical service. These robots are engineered to elevate the quality of patient care, assist medical personnel in enhancing operational efficiency and precision, reduce occupational risks, and strengthen the hospital’s journey toward becoming a Digital Hospital.

It begins with the prototype “HAPPY,” a robot dedicated to assisting thyroid cancer patients undergoing radioactive iodine therapy. HAPPY has been upgraded with end-to-end functionality and upscaled to support a growing number of patients. This success is further expanded through the introduction of “MELODY” and “LUCKY,” two new robotic assistants designed to provide even closer care for thyroid cancer patients.

At the same time, the experience gained from these prototypes is being applied to patients in Isolation Wards through the development of “CORGI.” This medical robot assists in treatment and physical therapy for quarantined patients, such as those with infectious tuberculosis. By integrating Robotics with AI Models, CORGI can analyze patient movements and postures to maximize the effectiveness of physical therapy.

Assoc. Prof. Jirut Sriratanaban, M.D., Director of King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, stated: “The Faculty of Medicine at Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital share a vision to integrate digital technologies within our facilities, driving our transformation into a Digital Hospital. Our goal is to elevate service quality while simultaneously supporting our physicians and medical personnel.

The successful development of patient-care robotic innovations in collaboration with True Digital Group marks a significant milestone. It reflects the commitment of both organizations to combine expertise and work closely together to apply technology with tangible results. This partnership has not only enhanced the capabilities of our prototype robots and upscaled their usage but has also led to the development of new medical robots that can serve a wider variety of patients.

These robotic innovations do more than just increase patient satisfaction and enhance the quality of care; they significantly alleviate the workload and reduce operational risks for our medical staff within treatment areas. I am confident that this success will serve as a blueprint and a new beginning for further collaboration—not only for services within our hospital but also for connecting hospital care to other locations, such as other hospitals, homes, and communities in the future.”

Mr. Ekaraj Panjavinin, Chief Digital Officer at True Corporation Plc. and President of True Digital Group, stated, “The strategic collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital this time has the core essence of using the Digital Intelligence Fabric concept as the primary infrastructure to weave and link digital technologies—from infrastructure levels like 5G and broadband to the levels of software, platforms, and applications—to create a seamlessly connected digital health ecosystem and support sustainable medical innovation. On this foundation, True Digital Group has implemented Physical AI technology, which integrates the potential of Cloud, AI, and Robotics to elevate robots with intelligence, enabling them to perceive, analyze, and respond to their environment accurately. This helps increase operational efficiency, reduce risks, and enhance safety for doctors and medical personnel. True Digital Group is extremely proud to have co-developed innovative robots to assist patients, from initiating the prototype to continuous development, by merging medical expertise with advanced digital technology to create tangible benefits for patient groups who receive close, friendly, and satisfying service, as well as serving as a key driving force for the Digital Hospital strategy and making Digital Healthcare a reality in the Thai public health system.”

From early-stage Physical AI to the “Robots for Thyroid Cancer Treatment with Radioactive Iodine,” upgraded with the latest AI technology.

More than 2 years after the launch of “HAPPY,” the intelligent robot assisting in thyroid cancer treatment with radioactive iodine—marking Thailand’s first use of robots in nuclear medicine—True Digital Group has recently upscaled by introducing new robots named “MELODY” and “LUCKY.” These robots integrate AI technology to enhance processing intelligence, learn faster, and achieve higher precision. New functions have been added to further increase the safety of medical personnel, including measuring radiation levels from patients before hospital discharge using Image Processing; intelligent robot navigation processing; seamless multi-robot coordination; and automated interaction with patient room areas and double-door systems.

The power of Physical AI gives birth to the innovation of “Medical Robots for Healthcare and Physical Therapy.”

True Digital has leveraged its experience and the power of Physical AI, through collaboration with the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, to expand services to tuberculosis patients. They have developed the “Healthcare and Physical Therapy Assistant Robot” named “CORGI,” which acts as a member of the medical team to help care for and serve infected patients in isolation rooms during their medication and treatment periods to prevent the spread of infection.

“CORGI” features outstanding functions, including: delivering medicine, medical supplies, and food to patients in service areas or patient rooms; telemedicine via a video call system to facilitate communication between doctors, nurses, and patients for close consultation and healthcare guidance throughout the duration of hospital treatment; analyzing patient movement behavior and providing real-time feedback to increase the efficiency of physical rehabilitation accurately; as well as providing physical therapy education, processing postures and the correctness of physical therapy with AI, and displaying results to doctors and physical therapists via tablet devices to evaluate further treatment plans. It can link and send image data and test results in real-time, complete with a cloud-based data storage system. Furthermore, it can work automatically with patient room areas that control special pressure systems and double doors, and it supports the further development of other functions in the future, such as adjusting training patterns according to individual patient recovery plans—whether for stroke patients, the elderly, or patients with post-surgery mobility issues—by extending AI for home use after treatment.