Descrizione del progetto
L’impiego dei robot in ospedali e uffici
I robot sono stati introdotti nei magazzini e nelle linee di produzione delle fabbriche. In effetti, il settore della produzione risulta attualmente il maggiore utilizzatore di robotica. È probabile che il prossimo vasto ambito ad avvalersi della robotica logistica sarà quello degli spazi commerciali interni, quali ospedali, hotel e uffici, poiché non solo vantano uno spazio di navigazione strutturato, ma sono anche dotati di un’infrastruttura di comunicazione affidabile, necessaria per le normali operazioni aziendali. Partendo da questo presupposto, il progetto ENDORSE, finanziato dall’UE, esaminerà soluzioni per automatizzare interamente le procedure e la tracciabilità. Si concentrerà in particolare sullo sviluppo di una navigazione multi-robot senza infrastrutture in spazi affollati e sulla progettazione di sistemi robotici modulari in grado di offrire servizi sia logistici, sia di telemedicina.
Obiettivo
Commercial indoor spaces such as hospitals, hotels, offices offer great potential for commercial exploitation of logistic robotics. Also, offer advantages for their deployment, since they are required by law to meet stringent building codes, and therefore the navigation space exhibits some structure. In addition, they offer reliable communications infrastructure, since this is required for normal business operation. Thus, commercial spaces are rightfully considered the next great field of logistic robotics deployment. Despite these advantages, today, few solutions exist, and these solutions do not trigger widespread acceptance by the market. This is because existing systems require costly infrastructure installation (arrays of peripheral sensors, mapping, etc.); they do not easily integrate to corporate IT solutions and as a result, they do not fully automate procedures and traceability; they are limited to a single type of service, i.e. transfer of goods.
Through transfer of knowledge, multidisciplinary research and cross-fertilization between academia and industry, ENDORSE will address the aforementioned technical hurdles. Four innovation pillars will be pursued: (i) infrastructure-less multi-robot navigation, i.e. minimum (if any) installation of sensors and communications buses inside the building for the localization of robots, targets and docking stations; (ii) advanced HRI for resolving deadlocks and achieving efficient sharing of space resources in crowded spaces; (iii) deployment of the ENDORSE software as a cloud-based service facilitating its integration with corporate software solutions such as ERP, CRM, etc.; (iv) reconfigurable and modular hardware architectures so that diverse modules can be easily swapped. The latter will be demonstrated and validated by the integration of an e-diagnostic support module (equipped with non-invasive sensors/devices) and the Electronic Health Records (EHR) interfacing, which will serve as an e-diagnostic mobile station
Campo scientifico
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftware
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringrobotics
- social scienceslaw
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Meccanismo di finanziamento
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