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Add this to the strangely helpful category. The birthing robot is used for training purposes.

An up to $20,000 robot called NOELLE exists for one purpose: To give birth over and over so doctors and nurses can train with a huge variety of complications. Called a Maternal and Neonatal Birthing Computer Interactive Simulator, NOELLE does it all. Breach deliver? Blue baby syndrome? Umbilical strangulation? Bring it on. The robot produces all the vital signs that medical types can check, including a pulse and breath rate. She even pees, and can be given injections.

Cool right? No? I didn’t think so. But the helpfullness of this teaching aid will surely benefit all birthing attendees. Go ahead, check the rest of the manual [via] to see what this robot is really capable of.