Title :
A health care robot for patients
Author :
Yamamoto, Hiroshi ; Endo, Hiroshi ; Kitajima, Koichi ; Ohashi, Shingo ; Kondoh, Isao ; Kuwahara, Michiyoshi
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Health Sci., Okayama Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Describes a health care robot for patients in hospitals. It is important and helpful in health cares to visualize and recognize the conditions of patients. The authors developed a health care robot for patients. This robot has an audio announcement system and a vision system. When the patient´s condition becomes worse, the robot calls doctors or nurses. In this manner, this robot can assist doctors and nurses in their patients care
Keywords :
computer vision; health care; robots; audio announcement system; health care robot; hospitals; patients; vision system; Drugs; Educational robots; Hospitals; IEEE news; Image processing; Intelligent robots; Machine vision; Medical services; Robot vision systems; Service robots;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems '90. 'Towards a New Frontier of Applications', Proceedings. IROS '90. IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Ibaraki
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.1990.262523
