MD - 0 medical droid MD - 0 medical droids were medical droids made by Industrial Automaton . They were part of the MD - series medical specialist droid line and had specialized diagnostic sensors in their six - fingered hands . Description . The MD - 0 was part of the MD - series of medical droids manufactured by Industrial Automaton . Standing 1 . 5 Imperial standard meter s tall , the MD - 0 was similar in design to the 2 - 1B surgical droid , which Industrial Automaton also produced . Like other models of the MD - series , the MD - 0 shared a body type with its production siblings , and was possessed of a torso with two arms and a cranial unit . The bipedal lower half of the unit was protected by a surgical gown to protect its delicate mechanisms . The unit had dexterous hands with two opposable thumbs and a web of medical diagnostic sensor s to assist in its primary function of patient diagnosis . MD - 0 droids were ambidextrous , and some models were fitted with Cognitive Matrix analysis package s for psychoanalysis . A first - degree droid , models of the MD - series were generally covered in gray plating with green highlights , and had yellow photoreceptors . They were readily available for purchase , and cost 2 , 000 credits . The torso also contained a connection socket located on the lower torso to allow the droid to directly connect to a computer . Role . MD - 0 droids were designed to assist doctors in diagnosing patients . To do so , they were equipped with various sensors , including thermometer s , blood pressure gauge s , x - ray scanner s , magnetic resonance imager s , ultrasounder s , and comp scan s . They employed a vocabulator to question patients , and could analyze an individual ' s voice stress patterns and body language . MD - 0s examined the patient and catalogued symptoms , then compared them to an internal medical diagnostic computer which contained a database of known illnesses to identify possible ailments . MD - 0s specialized in biology and chemist ry , and were programmed to speak , read , and write Galactic Basic Standard . History . Introduced in the early years of the Galactic Empire , the MD - 0 was a success in the field of modern medical droids . Constructed on the droid factory world of Telti , they were employed by both the Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War . The Empire stationed an MD - 0 droid aboard their EF76 Nebulon - B escort frigate " Far Orbit " . The droid performed initial diagnosis on patients reorting to sick bay , and assisted the ship ' s MD - 5 droid during triage situations . The Alliance ' s successor state , the New Republic , employed an MD - 0 on the planet Talasea during Rogue Squadron ' s posting to the world , and it performed post - mortem examinations on Imperial soldiers killed during the raid on the Alliance base in 6 ABY in an effort to locate clues as to where the attackers had been deployed from . The resulting examination discovered the soldiers had been exposed to Rachuk Roseola , a skin irritant only found on the planet Vladet , which led to the Alliance retaliating against the Empire . An MD - 0 was also employed by the New Republic on the galactic capital Coruscant during the height of the Krytos virus epidemic . One accompanied Gavin Darklighter and Asyr Sei ' lar as they investigated a Gamorrean victim of the plague . MD - 0 units were still in use by the time of the Yuuzhan Vong War .