Clinical Trials of the future - Episode 10 Rock mimics RPA

Aug 31, 2024 (Initial release: 16 Dec, 2020)

"Hmm, this is bad. This is bad."
"Sakura, what's wrong? Did you eat something strange?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You've been groaning at your desk for a while now, so I was worried you might have an upset stomach. Should I take your temperature just to be sure?"
"That's not it."

Rock is fidgeting around me, as if he wants to do something, but I don't have time to deal with him right now. I need to tally up the 300 questionnaires we collected at last week's school festival, but I completely forgot that the deadline is tomorrow, and it's already two hours until tomorrow. What should I do?

"Are you okay, Sakura?"
"Shut up. I completely forgot to tally up the survey to take to school tomorrow."
"I'll help you with Rock. Rock is perfect."
"What are you talking about? You're a robot to help with clinical trials, right?"
"Load the survey. Rock process. 3 seconds per page."
"3 seconds per page? What are you talking about?"
"Load the survey with Rock's camera. 3 seconds per page. Make a graph and you're done. 28 minutes 30 seconds in total."

If I start typing on the computer now, I won't be able to finish it in time even if I stay up all night. I guess I'll have to ask Rock.
"Rock, please do this then."
"Sakura, tell Rock which data you need. Rock will do the rest myself."
"Well, start with question 1 and read them in order, then move on to the next survey when you've read up to question 10, and repeat that."
"I get it. Sakura, wait 28 minutes and 30 seconds. Before that, download the RPA app."

Rock was quiet for a while, but then he started flipping through the survey forms at a furious pace.
"Survey counting completed. Data saved to Sakura's computer."
"What? Fast!"

Though suspicious, I booted my PC and opened the file Rock had made. To my surprise, a list of data and graphs for each question were displayed beautifully.
"Thank you, Rock. You're a big help."
"I'm a genius. I'm a genius."
"By the way, Rock. How did you save the data on my computer?"
"Sakura's password was easy, I managed to crack it."

Oh no. Rock cracked my password. Maybe it was a mistake to make it a simple password just because it was my home computer. But this time I can't scold Rock, I'll have to be more careful next time.