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Patient Bath Robot  
  Robot gives patient a bath.  

The Roujin-Z robot is able to give a patient under its care a bath.

Technovelgy from Roujin Z, by Katsuhiro Otomo.
Published by Anime in 1991
Additional resources -

Here is the US version of the video trailer for the movie:


( Roujin Z-0001 automated hospital bed and transport robot)

Compare to the finger jet bath from The Houses of Iszic (1954) by Jack Vance.

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