Project description Robotics use cases and Accompanying measuresThe ReMeDi project addresses telediagnostics in clinical environments. A successful medical treatment depends on a timely and correct diagnosis. In the ReMeDi project we develop a multifuntional robotic device, which will allow performing a real remote physical and ultrasonographic (USG) examination. Working as a multidisciplinary consortium (physicians, human-robot interaction researchers such as psychologists and social scientists, and engineers), we want to enable remote examinations that come as close as possible to direct examinations and thereby follow the most natural and common medical techniques. Our goal is to make the ReMeDi robot user-friendly for physicians and acceptable to patients by enhancing (tele-)presence with intelligent autonomous features. Show the project objective Hide the project objective In the frame of the project ReMeDi a robot system is designed that features medical tele-examination of patients. Successful medical treatment depends on a timely and correct diagnosis, but the availability of doctors of various specializations is limited, especially in provincial hospitals or after regular working hours. Medical services performed remotely are emerging, yet current solutions are limited to merely teleconferencing and are insufficient. Use case scenarios targeted in ReMeDi feature a robot capable of performing a physical examination, specifically of the two most widespread examination techniques i) palpation, i.e. pressing the patients stomach with the doctor's hand and observing the stiffness of the internal organs and the patient's feedback (discomfort, pain) as well as ii) ultrasonographic examination. Beside quality teleconferencing, ReMeDi features a mobile robot (placed in a hospital) equipped with a lightweight and inherently safe manipulator with an advanced sensorized head and/or ultrasonic probe; and the remote interface (placed at the doctor's location) equipped with sophisticated force-feedback, active vision and locomotion capabilities. The system is incrementally built following a user-centered design approach, and its usability with respect to the patient and the examining doctor is extensively studied in real world scenarios of cardiac examination. ReMeDi will go beyond classical telepresence concepts: It will capture and process multi-sensory data (integrating visual, haptic, speech, patient's emotions and physiological responses) into perception and reasoning capabilities making ReMeDi a diagnostic assistant offering context-dependent and proactive support for the doctor. Particular attention is devoted to safety aspects. The normative standards (both existing and in draft) and the results of ongoing research projects will be integrated in all the system development phases. Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2013.2.2 - Robotics use cases & Accompanying measures Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2013-10 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL EU contribution € 485 700,00 Address Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane BS16 1QY Bristol United Kingdom See on map Region South West (England) Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Brian Allen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all PARIS-LODRON-UNIVERSITAT SALZBURG Austria EU contribution € 336 600,00 Address KAPITELGASSE 4-6 5020 Salzburg See on map Region Westösterreich Salzburg Salzburg und Umgebung Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Manfred Tscheligi (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH Switzerland EU contribution € 472 643,00 Address Raemistrasse 101 8092 Zuerich See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Zürich Zürich Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Van Gool Luc (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN Participation ended Germany EU contribution € 121 152,00 Address Arcisstrasse 21 80333 Muenchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Angelika Peer (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO S ANNA Italy EU contribution € 427 600,00 Address PIAZZA MARTIRI DELLA LIBERTA 33 56127 Pisa See on map Region Centro (IT) Toscana Pisa Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Gabriele Parducci (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STANCZYK BARTLOMIEJ Poland EU contribution € 644 700,00 Address See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Bartlomiej Stanczyk (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIWERSYTET MEDYCZNY W LUBLINIE Poland EU contribution € 291 600,00 Address AL RACLAWICKIE 1 20 059 Lublin See on map Region Makroregion wschodni Lubelskie Lubelski Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Wojciech Brzozowski (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data POLITECHNIKA WROCLAWSKA Poland EU contribution € 300 000,00 Address WYBRZEZE WYSPIANSKIEGO 27 50-370 Wroclaw See on map Region Makroregion południowo-zachodni Dolnośląskie Miasto Wrocław Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Katarzyna Kapłon (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data