Binx

Binx, a character in the Open Heart series, is Edenbrook Hospital's new Robotic Nurse Aide. It makes its official appearance in Book 3, Chapter 3.

Appearance
Binx is a robot with white plating, black joints, and a screen face used to display two eyes and a mouth.

Personality
Binx has been programmed to be polite and friendly. In Chapter 5, it is revealed to be able to recognize certain emotions based on vocal frequencies.

Book 3

 * Chapter 3: Look on the Bright Side
 * Chapter 5: Too Late
 * Chapter 7: Team Players
 * Chapter 13: Building Up
 * Chapter 16: Moving On

Your Character
When you and Harper go to the radiology department to schedule the full-body scan for Suzette Esfahani, you run into it. It tells you that it's preparing the exam room and calibrating the equipment. It's programmed to perform various hospital tasks, such as delivering samples and checking patient vitals. You can decide whether you find its technology to be amazing and helpful, or creepy and/or unnecessary. Whichever you choose, you soon adapt to its presence as it appears in different patients' rooms and other places as you do your rounds.

Trivia

 * Binx handles a lot of the nurses' previous scut work (non-clinical yet essential tasks that do not require a doctor's degree or expertise), freeing them to do other duties. For example, it handles scan prep, sample delivery, and bedpan duty.