Viability of telemedical remote robotic systems
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2011-09
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Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University
Abstract
Worldwide, the demand for telemedicine devices and systems has risen steadily in recent
years. The design of remote robotic systems has always been a complex undertaking.
Technological limitations affecting bandwidth and access to communications
infrastructure have impeded the advancement of a long distance remote robotic
telemedicine system training purposes. Assessing the commercial viability and
acceptability will be achieved by evaluating responses from expert user groups. This plays
a crucial role in the development of future systems as well as providing expert-user data
on user perception of such systems and data on the current viability of long distance
patient care. An assessment of the information that is required to be presented to the
medical professional in both training and diagnostic situations would have to be completed
by making use of questionnaires and interviews. The system will be developed using low
cost technologies with support structures in place as to facilitate financial feasibility and
minimization of complexity along with intuitive control inputs. The results of the study
will provide valuable information for the future development of commercially viable
robotic telemedicine systems in South Africa.
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The original publication is available at http://www.isem.org.za/index.php/isem/isem2011
Conference of the ISEM 2011 Proceedings, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 21 - 23 September 2011.
Conference theme - Innovative Systems Thinking: Unravelling Complexity for Successful Solutions
Conference of the ISEM 2011 Proceedings, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 21 - 23 September 2011.
Conference theme - Innovative Systems Thinking: Unravelling Complexity for Successful Solutions
Keywords
Telemedicine devices, Remote robotic systems