Basic types of medical robots
There are many types of medical robots. According to their different uses, there are clinical medical robots, nursing robots, medical teaching robots, and service robots for the disabled.
1. Hospital distribution robot
The intelligent distribution robot is mainly responsible for delivering medicines, delivering meals to the isolation area, and recovering bedclothes and medical waste in the hospital area. Through the intelligent dispatching of the "brain" control center, they can realize functions such as autonomous opening and closing of doors, autonomous riding of elevators, autonomous obstacle avoidance, and autonomous charging without human operation. An ultraviolet disinfection lamp is installed in the cabinet, which can keep the cabinet and articles safe at any time. The robot also has remote real-time voice and video communication functions, and can communicate directly with nurses or patients in the isolation ward through the dispatch system. The drug delivery robot can take the place of nurses to deliver meals, cases, and laboratory test reports.
2. Move the patient
Mobile patient robots mainly help nurses move or transport paralyzed and inconvenient patients;
3. Clinical medicine
Clinical medical robots include surgical robots and diagnosis and treatment robots, which can perform precise surgical operations or diagnosis, such as the Japanese WAPRU-4 thoracic tumor diagnosis robot; American scientists are developing a surgical robot "Da Vinci System", This surgical robot has been certified by the US Food and Drug Administration. It has 4 mechanical tentacles. Under the manipulation of doctors, the "Da Vinci System" accurately completes heart valve repair operations and cancerous tissue resection operations. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to conduct medical robot operation experiments in its underwater laboratory and space shuttle. At that time, doctors will be able to operate underwater and outside operations in front of a computer on the ground.
American medical robots will also be used in the military field. In 2005, the U.S. military invested 12 million U.S. dollars to research the "Battlefield Trauma Management System." This set of robotic devices is placed in tanks and armored vehicles. In wartime, through doctors’ instructions from the headquarters, the robot can perform simple operations on the wounded, stabilize their injuries and wait for rescue.
4. Robots for the disabled
Robots that serve the disabled are also called rehabilitation robots, which can help the disabled regain their ability to live independently, such as the Prab Command system in the United States.
5. Nursing robot
British scientists are developing a nursing robot that can be used to share the heavy and trivial nursing work of nursing staff. The newly developed nursing robot will help medical staff confirm the identity of the patient and accurately distribute the required medicines. In the future, nursing robots can also check the patient's temperature, clean up the ward, and even help doctors understand the patient's condition in time through video transmission.
6. Medical teaching robot
Medical teaching robots are ideal teaching aids. American medical staff currently use a teaching robot called "Noel", which can simulate a pregnant woman about to give birth and can even talk and scream. By simulating real births, it helps to improve the surgical cooperation and on-site response of obstetrics and gynecology medical staff.
