How can social robot use cases in healthcare be pushed - with an interoperable programming interface.

Journal: BMC medical informatics and decision making
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Research into current robot middleware has revealed that most of them are either too complicated or outdated. These facts have motivated the development of a new middleware to meet the requirements of usability by non-experts. The proposed middleware is based on Android and is intended to be placed over existing robot SDKs and middleware. It runs on the android tablet of the Cruzr robot. Various toolings have been developed, such as a web component to control the robot via a webinterface, which facilitates its use.

Authors

  • Robin Glauser
    Bern University of Applied Sciences, Institute for Medical Informatics.
  • Jürgen Holm
    Bern University of Appl. Sciences, Department of Medical Informatics, Switzerland.
  • Matthias Bender
    Bern University of Applied Sciences, Institute for Medical Informatics.
  • Thomas Bürkle
    Institute for Medical Informatics, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Bern, Switzerland.