Social Navigation for Mobile Robots in the Emergency Department
Angelique M. Taylor Sachiko Matsumoto Wesley Xiao Laurel D. Riek Angelique M. Taylor Sachiko Matsumoto Wesley Xiao Laurel D. Riek
The emergency department (ED) is a safety-critical environment in which healthcare workers (HCWs) are overburdened, overworked, and have limited resources, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. One way to address this problem is to explore the use of robots that can support clinical teams, e.g., to deliver materials or restock supplies. However, due to EDs being overcrowded, and the cognitive o...