Design and Simulation of an Automated Domestic Helper Robot for Home Isolated COVID-19 Patients

ABSTRACT

COVID-19 is a disease that is spreading exponentially worldwide. This pandemic situation proved that doctors, nurses, and front-line workers are real-life heroes. The patients and their family affected due to COVID-19 are increasing drastically. Family members who treat the patients wear all their personal protective accessories and clothes, yet, they get influenced as well. Family members can't be in direct contact with the patients frequently since the probability of spread is high. The patients need to be served with food, medicines, and other required things on a regular time basis. To reduce the spread, human force, and to maintain a strategic distance fromCOVID-19 affected patients, the best way is to utilize an COVID-19 Assist Robot (COBOT) to carry the essentials and transport it to the patient's room as per the line map given. A home environment that depicts the isolated ward with the COVID-19 affected patients is created using webots. The robots are simulated with the environment as such two robots take care of the left half and the other two robots take care of the right half of the isolated ward. © 2022 IEEE.