This activity focuses on the problem of making the use of mobile robots increasingly possible and easy in structured and dynamic environments such as hospitals. It is therefore necessary to push the development of these devices to make them autonomous so as to be usable in the varied conditions typical of hospitals.
The navigation systems that allow robots to move autonomously in indoor environments and in the presence of obstacles must therefore be such as to allow what is defined as natural navigation which is based exclusively on sensors on board the robot without the need to install devices additional in the hospital environment.
Furthermore, in order to be able to use mobile robots in particularly complex tasks such as those that involve physical interaction with patients, the operator or the environment, the use of robots in teleoperated mode may be more suitable. In fact, robots guided remotely by operators use them as avatars to interact with patients in a more empathetic way and can perform more complex locomanipulation tasks.
Tuscany Health Ecosystem
SPOKE 9: Robotics and Automation for Health