Conference paper
Service Robots for Hospitals: A Case Study of Transportation Tasks in a Hospital
Engineering Design and Product Development, Department of Management Engineering, Technical University of Denmark1
Department of Management Engineering, Technical University of Denmark2
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark3
Department of Control and Engineering Design, Technical University of Denmark4
Image Analysis and Computer Graphics, Department of Informatics and Mathematical Modeling, Technical University of Denmark5
Department of Informatics and Mathematical Modeling, Technical University of Denmark6
In this paper, the need for automated transportation systems for hospitals is investigated. Among other alternatives, mobile robots stand out as the most prominent means of automation of transportation tasks in hospitals. Existing transportation routines of a hospital are analyzed in order to verify the need for automation and identify possible areas of improvement.
The analysis shows that most of the existing transportation is carried out manually, and hospitals can greatly benefit from automated transportation. Based on the results of the analysis, three alternatives are derived for implementing mobile service robots for transportation tasks in hospitals.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | IEEE |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Pages: | 289-294 |
| Proceedings: | 2009 IEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics |
| ISBN: | 1424447941 , 142444795X , 9781424447947 and 9781424447954 |
| ISSN: | 2161816x and 21618151 |
| Types: | Conference paper |
| DOI: | 10.1109/ICAL.2009.5262912 |
| ORCIDs: | Özkil, Ali Gürcan and Aanæs, Henrik |
AGV Conference management Engineering management Hospitals Innovation management Logistics Mobile robots Road transportation Robotics and automation Service robots Technology management automated transportation system hospital logistics hospital transportation routine logistics logistics system medical robotics mobile robot mobile robots service robot service robots transportation
