Jetsons-style robots are invading Chicago-area hospitals, amid worker shortage
3 Photos Moxi lowers its arm in order to push a button to open a door as it delivers supplies at Elmhurst Hospital on Dec. 1, 2022. (Stacey Wescott...
3 Photos Moxi lowers its arm in order to push a button to open a door as it delivers supplies at Elmhurst Hospital on Dec. 1, 2022. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune/TNS) Photo Gallery It's not polite to stare. Especially in the hospital. But nearly everyone who passes Moxi the robot at Elmhurst Hospital in Elmhurst, Illinois, can't help but goggle at it, as it slowly rolls through hallways and corridors. The robot is roughly human-shaped, stands about 5 feet tall and, perhaps most strikingly, has big blue eyes, reminiscent of circles on a Lite Brite screen, that occasionally blink.