Autobed: A Web-Controlled Robotic Bed

Abstract

We (the Healthcare Robotics Lab at Georgia Tech) have
\ndeveloped an additional module for an Invacare fully electric hospital bed (Model 5410IVC) so that the bed can be controlled from a web-based interface.
\nThis module can be easily plugged between the hand control and the Invacare
\nbed, without having to modify any existing hardware on the bed. We call a bed
\nso modified an 'Autobed.' With this feature, users who are unable to operate
\nthe standard bed controls, but can access a web browser, are able to position
\nthe bed by themselves without having to rely on a caregiver (for example, patients with quadriplegia). This page describes how to make the Autobed
\nmodule using relatively inexpensive, commercially available hardware. This
\ndocument is a representation of the content provided at
\nhttp://hsi.gatech.edu/hrl/project_autobed_v2.shtml as of February 15th, 2016, and is intended to create a lasting, citable, and archival copy of this material, which details the design and instructions for building the 'Autobed' device.