HelpMate: an autonomous mobile robot courier for hospitals

Abstract

TRC has achieved commercial success with HelpMate, their autonomous mobile robot courier for hospitals. Over 50 units are operational working in uncontrolled hospital environments up to 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The navigation and system technologies embodied in HelpMate are described, emphasizing the impact of real world requirements on the engineering design.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>