Design of a Medical Prototype Robot for Nurse Assistance

Robotics in the medical field is an ongoing trend in both research and commercial sectors. Robots are used in every hospital department for assistance in delivering things, surgery, checking vital signs, telepresence, etc. Medical prototype robot is a scenario-based assistive robot with a customized design to help the hospital staff fight against Covid-19 (Coronavirus disease) outbreak, ensuring social distancing. It has basic features like delivering medicine and small handheld devices, remote temperature sensing using IR (infrared) and UVC (ultraviolet type C) disinfection unit. The main aim of this prototype is to make the nurse not to handle the devices which was handled by the patients in which we can convey the information through an audio system (which is already available in the hospital) or a nurse will be assisting the initial instructions required (by ensuring the social distance) that is in the isolated ward so that the patient can do the task properly. For this prototype, we are using the basic microcontroller, that is, Arduino UNO. We were successful in taking readings with the help of a temperature sensor and were able to supply power to the UVC lamp in which it sterilized the objects inside the unit when it was exposed for 2-3 minutes. And finally, the robot was able to move successfully with the help of Arduino and Bluetooth setup.