DocumentCode
3319036
Title
HelpMate: an autonomous mobile robot courier for hospitals
Author
Evans, John M.
Author_Institution
Transitions Res. Corp., Danbury, CT, USA
Volume
3
fYear
1994
fDate
12-16 Sep 1994
Firstpage
1695
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IROS.1994.407629
Filename
407629
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