Cost-effective automated multipurpose delivery system software for hospitals

ABSTRACT

Covid-19 pandemic has impacted every aspect of our society. One of the worst affected parts is the countries' health systems. Our goal is to provide a proof of concept for cost effective automated delivery system which can be used by hospitals for distributing medicine and food to patients in non-intensive wards, so medical personnel exposure to the virus can be minimized. Only free and open source software tools are used. Working proof of concept of the system is created consisted of robot platform running ROS, SQL Server relational database, Web App. Limitations are identified. Testing is successful. We have showed that using free and open-source software and tools, it is possible to achieve the goal of creating the system. Copyright © 2022 The Authors.