Open AccessDesign and Simulation of a Service Robot for Covid-19 Isolation Wards with Autonomous Navigation
Author(s) -
Lalit Duseja,
Yash Deshmukh,
Shantanu Karmuse,
S. S. Ohol
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of engineering sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0976-6693
DOI - 10.36224/ijes.140302
Subject(s) - robot , isolation (microbiology) , service (business) , workspace , task (project management) , deliverable , computer science , simulation , covid-19 , service robot , engineering , human–computer interaction , medicine , artificial intelligence , systems engineering , business , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , pathology , marketing , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The robots that are used to carry out the daily repetitive tasks in any type of environments are service robots. These robots have a great potential to eliminate human intervention and reduce contact in order to decrease the spread of virus. Service robots are of great importance when the human society is hit with a situation of pandemic as they can help in serving the patients in and infectious environment and isolating them from the surroundings. Such kind of a service robot that would serve infected patients in isolation wards is designed & simulated by taking in the consideration the requirements. The dimensions of robot such as to optimize workspace requirements and the simulation of position and task of supplying the deliverables to patients from buffer area to isolation area are presented. The designed robot can successfully deliver medicines, food etc.to the patients without any contact between doctors, nurses or patients by using an on boarded Radio Frequency Identification system. The robot is well equipped with the sanitization mechanism to disinfect itself.