Robotic Arms for Telemedicine System Using Smart Sensors and Ultrasound Robots

摘要

Given the global population ages, the traditional medical system must change. Telemedicine combines the introduction of devices with sensors, software, and other Internet of Things technologies. Telemedicine is a new type of medical technology application. In this paper, we systematically integrate the force sensor, robot arm, optical radar device, and jelly mechanism to develop a telemedicine application system. We used a three-dimensional coordinate conversion formula to convert the coordinates of each axis of the robot arm into the coordinates of the smartphone so that the doctor can control the robot arm remotely using the smartphone. The force sensor embedded in the robot arm provides transparency to the doctor during operation, enabling them to monitor whether the force applied by the robotic arm on the human body is excessive. In addition, through the jelly mechanism installed on the robot arm, the doctor only needs to use a smartphone to control the jelly mechanism to achieve remote control needs. The experimental testing results sufficiently show the practicability of our scheme for telemedicine.