Hospital Logistics deals with effective and efficient ways to transport items in hospitals. Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) is one of the most widely used automated systems to improve the transportation process. In this research, AMRs are used for delivering food and medical supplies to individual patients. Especially in COVID-19 pandemic situation, AMRs are important tools for keeping physical distance between patients and health workers to prevent infection. In this research, the AMR is equipped with Internet of Things (IoT) module which can be connected to the IoT platform on the server side. As a result, the health workers are able to monitor can control the robots effectively via a web application.

Logistic management is crucial for effective and efficient transportation of various items in hospitals. During pandemic situations, especially COVID-19, special in-patient cohort ward is established to treat patients who require special treatment due to the quarantine protocol. Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) is used for delivering food and medical supplies to individual patients in order to keep the physical distance between patients and health workers. In this research, delivery by using multiple AMRs working in the in-patient ward is simulated. The simulation software is developed in Unity platform to study the operations of AMRs in various scenarios.

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