S4 Features and Artificial Intelligence for Designing a Robot against COVID-19—Robocov

Pedro Ponce, Omar Mata, Esteban Perez, Juan Roberto Lopez, Arturo Molina and Troy McDaniel
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Pedro Ponce: School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City 14380, Mexico
Omar Mata: School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City 14380, Mexico
Esteban Perez: School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City 14380, Mexico
Juan Roberto Lopez: School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City 14380, Mexico
Arturo Molina: School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City 14380, Mexico
Troy McDaniel: The Polytechnic School, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ 85212, USA

Future Internet, 2022, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-22

Abstract: Since the COVID-19 Pandemic began, there have been several efforts to create new technology to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic around the world. One of those efforts is to design a new task force, robots, to deal with fundamental goals such as public safety, clinical care, and continuity of work. However, those characteristics need new products based on features that create them more innovatively and creatively. Those products could be designed using the S4 concept (sensing, smart, sustainable, and social features) presented as a concept able to create a new generation of products. This paper presents a low-cost robot, Robocov, designed as a rapid response against the COVID-19 Pandemic at Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, with implementations of artificial intelligence and the S4 concept for the design. Robocov can achieve numerous tasks using the S4 concept that provides flexibility in hardware and software. Thus, Robocov can impact positivity public safety, clinical care, continuity of work, quality of life, laboratory and supply chain automation, and non-hospital care. The mechanical structure and software development allow Robocov to complete support tasks effectively so Robocov can be integrated as a technological tool for achieving the new normality’s required conditions according to government regulations. Besides, the reconfiguration of the robot for moving from one task (robot for disinfecting) to another one (robot for detecting face masks) is an easy endeavor that only one operator could do. Robocov is a teleoperated system that transmits information by cameras and an ultrasonic sensor to the operator. In addition, pre-recorded paths can be executed autonomously. In terms of communication channels, Robocov includes a speaker and microphone. Moreover, a machine learning algorithm for detecting face masks and social distance is incorporated using a pre-trained model for the classification process. One of the most important contributions of this paper is to show how a reconfigurable robot can be designed under the S3 concept and integrate AI methodologies. Besides, it is important that this paper does not show specific details about each subsystem in the robot.

Keywords: Industry 4.0; COVID-19; S4 products; teleoperation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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