Review and Analysis of Search, Extraction, Evacuation, and Medical Field Treatment Robots

Williams, Adam; Sebastian, Bijo; Ben-Tzvi, Pinhas

doi:10.1007/s10846-019-00991-6

Cited by 29 publications

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“…The project on Semi-Autonomous Victim Extraction Robot (SAVER) [5,24,25] has shown the application of Artificial Intelligence (AR) in life-saving tasks such as victim extraction and rescue, as shown in Fig. 3.1.…”

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confidence: 99%

Autonomous Cricothyroid Membrane Detection and Manipulation Using Neural Networks and a Robot Arm for First-Aid Airway Management

Han

Ren

et al. 2023

Journal of Medical Devices

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Cricothyrotomy serves as one of the most efficient surgical interventions when a patient is enduring a Can't Intubate Can't Oxygenate (CICO) scenario. However, medical background and professional training are required for the provider to establish a patent airway successfully. Motivated by robotics applications in search and rescue, this work focuses on applying artificial intelligence techniques on the precise localization of the incision site, the cricothyroid membrane (CTM), of the injured using an RGB-D camera, and the manipulation of a robot arm with reinforcement learning to reach the detected CTM keypoint. In this paper, we further improved the success rate of our previously proposed Hybrid Neural Network (HNNet) in detecting the CTM from 84.3% to 96.6%, yielding an error of less than 5mm in real-world coordinates. In addition, a separate neural network was trained to manipulate a robotic arm for reaching a waypoint with an error of less than 5mm. An integrated system that combines both the perception and the control techniques was built and experimentally validated using a human-size manikin to validate the overall concept of autonomous cricothyrotomy with an RGB-D camera and a robotic manipulator using artificial intelligence.

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Section: Problem Statement and Proposed Solutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Autonomous Cricothyroid Membrane Detection and Manipulation Using Neural Networks and a Robot Arm for First-Aid Airway Management

Han

Ren

et al. 2023

Journal of Medical Devices

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“…The novel tracked rescue robot Semi-Autonomous Victim Extraction Robot (SAVER), designed by a team at the Robotics and Mechatronics Lab at Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA), uses a tilted stretcher to load the wounded in the cabin of the robot. 39 After locating and driving up to the survivor autonomously, 40 the SAVER can estimate and adjust his posture through the Highly Dexterous Manipulation System (HDMS) manipulator system (developed by RE 2 ® Inc.) to make extraction easier. Next, the support system slides down the stretcher and stabilizes the head and neck of the survivor.…”

Section: Evacuation Robotsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rescue Robots for the Urban Earthquake Environment

Hou

et al. 2022

Disaster med. public health prep.

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Robotics have important applications in the field of disaster medical rescue. The deployment of urban rescue robots at the earthquake site can help shorten response time, improve rescue efficiency and keep rescue personnel away from danger. This discussion introduces the performance of some robots in actual rescue scenarios, focuses on the current research status of robots that can provide medical assistance, and analyzes the merits and shortcomings of each system. Based on existing studies, the limitations and development directions of urban rescue robots are also discussed.

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“…In management and public health security, smart management is needed to improve the overall level of medical and health services and eliminate potential safety hazards [9]. erefore, it is of great significance to carry out research on the application of Internet of ings technology in the field of intelligent medicine [10,11].…”

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Research on the Smart Medical System Based on NB-IoT Technology

Cheng

Zhao

et al. 2021

Mobile Information Systems

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In recent years, with the constant development and integration of Internet technology, Internet of Things technology, and intelligent terminal technology, to make people’s work and life more comfortable and convenient, these new technologies have been more and more widely used in daily home life such as social education, agricultural production, industrial production, medical, and other fields. However, at present, there are still a lot of room for development in the application of new technologies in the medical and health industry. Especially in the context of hospital information construction and medical difficulties, the functions of fixed information points such as traditional nurse stations and doctor stations no longer meet the growing medical needs of people. Therefore, how to introduce these new technologies and design to a practical and low-cost intelligent medical information management system that realizes the convenient management and efficient management of medical personnel has become a top priority. In view of the problems faced by the hospital, this paper proposes an intelligent medical plan based on NB-IoT technology and develops a smart hospital information management system. Test results indicate that patients can easily and conveniently register their appointments through the Android mobile client. Through checking medical records and hospital news updates, medical staff can more easily complete their work. Comparison results of performance variance between the common server and adaptive algorithm web server demonstrate that an adaptive load balancing algorithm can achieve a more accurate allocation of the load. Therefore, the web smart medical information management platform can manage hospitals more comprehensively.

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Review and Analysis of Search, Extraction, Evacuation, and Medical Field Treatment Robots

Cited by 29 publications

References 66 publications

Autonomous Cricothyroid Membrane Detection and Manipulation Using Neural Networks and a Robot Arm for First-Aid Airway Management

Autonomous Cricothyroid Membrane Detection and Manipulation Using Neural Networks and a Robot Arm for First-Aid Airway Management

Rescue Robots for the Urban Earthquake Environment

Research on the Smart Medical System Based on NB-IoT Technology

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