Mobile Health Test Robot Automating Infection Screening
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current health testing methods require significant specialist personnel and are not efficiently automated, making it difficult to perform comprehensive health tests on a large scale with minimal manpower, especially during infectious disease outbreaks.
Innovation Solution
A method utilizing a computer network-connected system with mobile health test systems, including automatically controllable robots and terminal devices, to capture personal data, perform health-related tests, and store results, allowing for decentralized and automated collection of infection data, reducing the need for medical personnel and enabling rapid test result dissemination.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If manual health testing methods are used with specialist personnel, then comprehensive health tests can be performed, but the requirement for significant specialist personnel and low automation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The robot performs health tests autonomously without requiring specialist personnel to operate it. The system self-manages the testing process including approaching the test subject, performing the test, and recording results, thereby achieving high automation while managing complexity through autonomous operation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical operations by specialist personnel with an automated robotic system. The robot uses sensors, actuators, and control systems to perform health tests that would traditionally require manual intervention, substituting human-operated mechanical processes with automated electromechanical systems
2Productivity
If manual health testing is used, then flexible scheduling is possible, but productivity and speed of test delivery decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The robotic system can perform health tests continuously without interruption by specialist personnel fatigue or breaks. The robot maintains consistent operational capability over extended periods, performing tests at a steady rate and enabling continuous service operation that increases overall productivity
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows preliminary booking of test appointments through terminal devices, enabling citizens to schedule tests in advance. This preliminary action organizes the testing workflow efficiently, allowing the robot to prepare and execute tests systematically, increasing throughput while maintaining scheduling flexibility
3Adaptability or versatility
If decentralized mobile test systems are deployed, then accessibility and speed of deployment improve, but system complexity and coordination requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The health testing system is divided into multiple independent mobile robotic units that can be deployed separately to different locations. Each robot is a self-contained module capable of autonomous operation, allowing the system to be segmented into manageable units that can be distributed across multiple sites simultaneously
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile robotic test systems are designed as universal platforms that can perform multiple health test functions and be deployed in various locations. The robots use standardized interfaces and protocols, allowing them to operate independently while maintaining compatibility with the central coordination system, reducing the complexity of integration across distributed units
4Quantity of substance
If automated robotic testing is implemented, then specialist personnel requirements decrease, but initial system cost and technical complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The robotic system performs all testing operations autonomously without requiring specialist personnel for operation. The robot independently executes test protocols, processes samples, and records results, eliminating the need for human operators during test execution and significantly reducing personnel requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces a robotic intermediary between the test subject and the health testing equipment. This robot mediator handles all interactions including approaching the subject, performing the test, and transferring samples, replacing the need for specialist personnel to directly perform these tasks
Data Source
AI summary
A mobile health system and method for performing health tests and for acquiring health-related personal data by a computer network and resources connected in the computer network. Communication means of the network include a health database having a database management system, a personal database, a plurality of mobile health test systems each having at least one automatically controllable robot that is designed and configured to perform a health-related test method, and a test system controller which is connected to the computer network via a first communication means. A plurality of terminals are connected to the computer network via second communication means.