Design of a robotic automation system for transportation of goods in hospitals

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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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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/67645

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Conference / Seminar