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HelpMate®, the trackless robotic courier: A perspective on the development of a commercial autonomous mobile robot

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Autonomous Robotic Systems

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HelpMate Robotics has developed an autonomous mobile robot courier for material transport in hospitals. These machines are in operation around the world, operating in uncontrolled and unsupervised environments up to 24 hours per day. The history and technology of the HelpMate robot are presented in this paper with the intention of providing a real world perspective on transitioning technology from the laboratory to the marketplace.

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  1. HelpMate Robotics, Inc., Danbury, CT, USA

    John M. Evans & Bala Krishnamurthy

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Evans, J.M., Krishnamurthy, B. (1998). HelpMate®, the trackless robotic courier: A perspective on the development of a commercial autonomous mobile robot. In: de Almeida, A.T., Khatib, O. (eds) Autonomous Robotic Systems. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 236. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0030806

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