HORUS

Robotic inspection of the health personnel ́s protective suits for the treatment of patients in extreme isolation including Ebola

Main researcher: C. Balaguer

Ebola web

Description

Highly contagious diseases are treated by very strict procedures of WHO. In the case of Ebola, which have a fatality rate that can reach 90%, both patients and medical staff should follow a much more strict protocol which in some phases is undefined. One of the most delicate tasks is the removal of the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the changing room after visiting the ill. It may be, as has been so sadly, that the suit is broken and/or contaminated with traces of blood, vomit, urine and, in general, various fluids.

Precisely for this reason the objective of the project is to develop robotic technologies to ensure the integrity of the protective clothing of health workers treating Ebola.

Source code at GitHub:

Entries:
Diseño y simulación de un actuador de rigidez variable
Anales de Ingeniería Mecánica: Revista de la Asociación Española de Ingeniería Mecánica; ISSN: 0212-5072. num. 18 , vol. 1 , pages: 154 – 161 , 2012
A. Gimenez A. Jardon López, J. García, D.

Entries:
Experimental evaluation of assistive robots in virtual domestic scenarios
International Symposium for Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC/Gerontechnology 2012). Vol. 11. Num. 2, 2012, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
A. Jardon Juan G. Victores M.F. Stoelen S. Martinez

Entries:

Entries:
Grasping in Robotics
chapter: A survey on different control techniques for grasping pages: 223 – 246. SPRINGER NETHERLANDS EDITORIAL , ISBN: 978-3-540-71363, 2013
R. Cabas A. Gimenez S. Martinez A. Jardon
CLIMBING AND WALKING ROBOTS
chapter: A PORTABLE LIGHT-WEIGHT CLIMBING ROBOT FOR PERSONAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS pages: 961 – 968. CLAWAR 05 , ISBN: 978-3-540-26413, 2006
A. Gimenez A. Jardon