Merin Antony

Botswana Geoscience Institute, Government Medical College

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Merin Antony is a robotics researcher focused on developing autonomous systems for critical real-world applications, particularly in healthcare and disaster response. Her most impactful work, "Design and Implementation of Automatic Guided Vehicle for Hospital Application" (2020, 32 citations), addresses pressing needs in medical environments by creating robotic solutions that minimize direct patient contact—a contribution that proved especially vital during the COVID-19 pandemic. This work demonstrates how autonomous guided vehicles can enhance hospital services while reducing infection risks. Antony also explores rescue robotics through her paper "Arduino Based Automatic Human Seeker Robot for Disaster Management" (2019), which tackles the challenge of locating missing persons in natural calamities where traditional search methods fall short. Her research bridges affordable microcontroller platforms like Arduino with sophisticated autonomous navigation, making robotics more accessible for humanitarian applications. By focusing on practical, life-saving implementations of autonomous systems, Antony contributes to the growing field of service robotics, where machines work alongside humans to improve safety and efficiency in hospitals and disaster zones. Her work represents an important step toward integrating robotics into essential public services.