Veebot, LLC, of Mountain View, Calif. is betting that patients will trust a robot to replace phlebotomy technicians. The company’s technology consists of "tools designed to manipulate ordinary butterfly catheter devices and Vacutainer needles to start IVs and draw blood," according to its website.

The device, designed by Stanford researchers is still in the patent filing stage but this video, currently making the rounds on the web is certainly causing a stir.