Immersive Teleoperation of Collaborative Robot for Remote Vital Monitoring in Healthcare

Healthcare robotics has emerged as an innovative system with vast potential across various domains. This paper explores the development and application of collaborative robots for teleoperation, which facilitate safe and remote medical general examinations of patients. The study aims to help medical staff to provide vital sign check-ups remotely using legacy medical devices. We proposed an immersive media tool that was integrated with augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) interfaces to enhance the reach of medical professionals for vital signs check-ups. The medical cobot was teleoperated through AR and VR interfaces. A qualitative user study was used to compare the AR and VR interface systems within the loop of healthcare professionals.