Robot doctor Xiao Yi passes the medical license examination in China

A robot named Xiao Yi developed by Tsinghua University has passed China's national medical licensing examination with a score of 456, exceeding the acceptance line by 96 points. It is the first robot in China to participate in the exam with full marks of 600.

Xiao Yi took the exam in a separate room simultaneously with the other examinees, with nearly 10 staff members working for its exam.

To get a good exam result, the researchers of Xiao yi started to prepare for the exam since june 2016. They input knowledge from tens of medical textbooks into Xiao Yi's brain.

However, just remembering the knowledge is far from enough. Xiao Yi also had to analyze all the information provided by the test questions.

To deal with the problem, researchers invited medical experts for Xiao Yi in February to learn clinical experience and case diagnosis. Yet Xiao Yi and its researchers still have a long way to go before becoming qualified for a doctor.