Justinas Miseikis, Pietro Caroni, Patricia Duchamp, Alina Gasser, Rastislav Marko, Nelija Miseikiene, Frederik Zwilling, Charles de Castelbajac, Lucas Eicher, Michael Fruh, Hansruedi Fruh
Lio is a mobile robot platform with a multi-functional arm explicitly designed for human-robot interaction and personal care assistant tasks. The robot has already been deployed in several health care facilities, where it is functioning autonomously, assisting staff and patients on an everyday basis. Lio is intrinsically safe by having full coverage in soft artificial-leather material as well as collision detection, limited speed and forces. Furthermore, the robot has a compliant motion controller. A combination of visual, audio, laser, ultrasound and mechanical sensors are used for safe navigation and environment understanding...
October 2020: IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters