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In-home telehealth clinical interaction using a robot

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Providing healthcare in remote locations can prove to be costly. Using a static videoconference system in the patient's home has its limitations. A remotely operated mobile robot platform could provide a better interaction with the patient located at home. This paper presents Telerobot, a teleoperated mobile robotic platform equipped with videoconferencing capabilities. Developed by a team of roboticists and clinical experts, the system is designed specifically for the provision of in-home telerehabilitation services. A usability study was done in order to qualify the robot user control scheme and the clinician-patient interaction.

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    HRI '09: Proceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE international conference on Human robot interaction
    March 2009
    348 pages
    ISBN:9781605584041
    DOI:10.1145/1514095

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    1. clinical interaction
    2. in home telerehabilitation
    3. mobile robotics
    4. mobile telepresence
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