Cobots To Assisst with Healthcare Workers
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Date
2020
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NHCE
Abstract
During the pandemic, many industries have faced their challenges, the highly affected being the healthcare industry. Major challenge for healthcare workers is wearing
the PPE (personal protective suits) while treating the patients in intensive care unit (ICU). The corona virus pandemic has also increased the need for PPE suits worldwide.
To minimize the physical contact between patients and healthcare workers in the isolation ward and to collect infectious wastage inside the isolation ward, collaborative
robots can be used to assist with healthcare workers in monitoring the patients and in reducing the exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus. Collaborative
robots or cobots can monitor patient statistic and alert nurses when there's a requirement for human presence, allowing a nurse to watch multiple patients simultaneously,
allowing a nurse to monitor multiple patients simultaneously. Cobots may be seen moving through hospital corridors carrying supplies. Cobots have also started assisting
surgeons, which permit the surgeons greater precision and a better success rate with their operations