Title :
HelpMate: an autonomous mobile robot courier for hospitals
Author_Institution :
Transitions Res. Corp., Danbury, CT, USA
Abstract :
TRC has achieved commercial success with HelpMate, their autonomous mobile robot courier for hospitals. Over 50 units are operational working in uncontrolled hospital environments up to 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The navigation and system technologies embodied in HelpMate are described, emphasizing the impact of real world requirements on the engineering design
Keywords :
computerised navigation; health care; mobile robots; HelpMate; TRC; autonomous mobile robot courier; engineering design; hospitals; navigation; real world requirements; uncontrolled hospital environments; Cleaning; Design engineering; Elevators; Hospitals; Medical services; Mobile robots; NIST; Radio navigation; Robot sensing systems; Service robots;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems '94. 'Advanced Robotic Systems and the Real World', IROS '94. Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ/GI International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1933-8
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.1994.407629
