The simulator for performance analysis of multiple robots for hospital delivery

Abstract

Numerous materials are transported inside a hospital, which mostly relies on human porter. Mobile robots have been developed to substitute such human effort. These robots are able to navigate autonomously within a hospital. To estimate the number of robots to be obtained by a hospital, this paper introduces a simulator which enables comparison of the delivery performance according to the number of robots. The result shows the delivery performance by differing the number of robots which helps the management group to decide how many robots to afford by reviewing the performance report. One example of a delivery environment is tested and the result shows the estimation of delivery performance.