TCM and technology merge on Portuguese campus

It combines intelligent hardware with a specialized TCM model developed in Hengqin, Guangdong province, alongside advanced AI technologies, including DeepSeek, according to the project's leader, Han Zitian, a professor at the School of Innovation Engineering of the Macau University of Science and Technology.

Han said the robot can store up to 1,300 prescriptions, most drawn from classic TCM formulas pre-vetted by experienced practitioners.

With health data gathered by built-in cameras, a pulse-sensing device and a list of questions, the robot can formulate a personalized herbal formula and offer a tea-like drink, creating a seamless "consultation-to-consumption" experience.