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Design of a robotic automation system for transportation of goods in hospitals
Date
2007-06-22
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Ozkal, Ali Gürcan
Dawids, Steen
Fan, Zhun
Sorensen, Torben
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Hospitals face with heavy traffic of goods everyday, where transportation tasks are mainly carried by human. Analysis of the current situation of transportation in a typical hospital showed several transportation tasks are suitable for automation. This paper presents a system, consisting of a fleet of robot vehicles, automatic stations and smart containers for automation of transportation of goods in hospitals. Design of semi-autonomous robot vehicles, containers and stations are presented and the overall system architecture is described. Implementing such a system in an existing hospital showed the need of necessary modifications to the hospital infrastructure.
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A. G. Ozkal, S. Dawids, Z. Fan, and T. Sorensen, “Design of a robotic automation system for transportation of goods in hospitals,” Jacksonville, FL, 2007, p. 528, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/67645.