Mobile service robots for the operating room wing: balancing cost and performance by optimizing robotic fleet size and composition.

Journal: International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
PMID: 36088614

Abstract

PURPOSE: Integrating fleets of mobile service robots into the operating room wing (OR wing) has the potential to help overcome staff shortages and reduce the amount of dull or unhealthy tasks for humans. However, the OR wing has been little studied in this regard and the requirements for realizing this vision have not yet been fully identified. This includes fundamental aspects such as fleet size and composition, which we have now studied comprehensively for the first time.

Authors

  • Lukas Bernhard
    Research Group MITI, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany. lukas.bernhard@tum.de.
  • Antony Francis Amalanesan
    Research Group MITI, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
  • Oskar Baumann
    Chair of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Real-Time Systems, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
  • Florian Rothmeyer
    Chair of Materials Handling, Material Flow, Logistics, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
  • Yannic Hafner
    Chair of Materials Handling, Material Flow, Logistics, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
  • Maximilian Berlet
    Research Group MITI - Minimally Invasive Interdisciplinary Therapeutical Intervention, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany.
  • Dirk Wilhelm
    Department of Surgery, Research Group Minimally Invasive Interdisciplinary Therapeutical Intervention (MITI), Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany, Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany.
  • Alois Knoll
    Institut für Informatik VI, Technische Universität München, Boltzmannstraße 3, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany. Electronic address: knoll@in.tum.de.

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