Issues Concerning The Development Of A Mobile Platform For Health Care Applications

Larry W. Korba; Ramiro Liscano; David Green; Nelson Durie

doi:10.1117/12.949109

10 March 1989 Issues Concerning The Development Of A Mobile Platform For Health Care Applications

Larry W. Korba, Ramiro Liscano, David Green, Nelson Durie

Proceedings Volume 1007, Mobile Robots III; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949109
Event: 1988 Cambridge Symposium on Advances in Intelligent Robotics Systems, 1988, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

There are a number of problems that must yet be overcome before robotic technology can be applied in a hospital or a home care setting. The four basic problems are: cost, safety, finding appropriate applications and developing application specific solutions. Advanced robotics technology is now costly because of the complexity associated with autonomous systems. In any application, it is most important that the safety of the individuals using or exposed to the vehicle is ensured. Often in the health care field, innovative and useful new devices require an inordinate amount of time before they are accepted. The technical and ergonomic problems associated with any application must be solved so that cost containment, safety, ease of use, and quality of life are ensured. This paper discusses these issues in relation to our own development of an autonomous vehicle for health care applications. In this advancement, a commercially available platform is being equipped with an on-board, multiprocessor computer system and a variety of sensor systems. In order to develop pertinent solutions to the technical problems, there must be a framework wherein there is a focus upon the practical issues associated with the end application.

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Larry W. Korba, Ramiro Liscano, David Green, and Nelson Durie "Issues Concerning The Development Of A Mobile Platform For Health Care Applications", Proc. SPIE 1007, Mobile Robots III, (10 March 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949109

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