Design and Implementation of Healthcare Assistive Robot

Abstract

The proposed work in this paper mainly focuses on the design and development of the assistive robot for the disabled and the patients in need. This work addresses the challenges of the robotic field to improve the supply of health care services to patients in the upcoming development. The assistive robot developed in this work includes both hardware and software design. The combination of the IR sensors, real time clock (RTC) and microcontroller manages the overall operation of the system. Hardware includes grippers with flexible arm which is used to pick and place operations and the sensors are used for the detection of an action. IR sensors are used for obstacle detection, range determination and obstacle avoidance. In order to validate the designed hardware and software a case study of assisting the bed ridden patient by delivering medicines on time is considered so that more importance is given to nursing care residents. Experimental results demonstrated its proper functioning by delivering prescribed tablets by automatically moving towards the patient as per the timeline indicated in real time, which is demonstrated using developed prototype model.