The COVID-19 pandemic and the related emergency have contributed to the push for innovative solutions applied to health care. In particular, robotics has shown huge potential for contributing to pandemic relief efforts and improving people's quality of life in several scenarios. In this article, a robotic system, characterized by interaction capabilities and autonomous navigation, is developed to be used in a COVID-19 health-care treatment center for logistics and disinfection purposes. The article describes the two-month use of the platform in the University Hospital Campus Bio-Medico (UCBM) COVID-19 treatment center in Rome, Italy, and presents experimental results for the robot's navigation capabilities in unstructured environments and collaborative activities with health-care operators in the clinical setting.
A Robotic Health-Care Assistant for COVID-19 Emergency: A Proposed Solution for Logistics and Disinfection in a Hospital Environment
Tamantini C.
Primo
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2021
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic and the related emergency have contributed to the push for innovative solutions applied to health care. In particular, robotics has shown huge potential for contributing to pandemic relief efforts and improving people's quality of life in several scenarios. In this article, a robotic system, characterized by interaction capabilities and autonomous navigation, is developed to be used in a COVID-19 health-care treatment center for logistics and disinfection purposes. The article describes the two-month use of the platform in the University Hospital Campus Bio-Medico (UCBM) COVID-19 treatment center in Rome, Italy, and presents experimental results for the robot's navigation capabilities in unstructured environments and collaborative activities with health-care operators in the clinical setting.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
