Robotic Emergency Medical Technician
The Salisbury Robotics Lab at Stanford is developing a robotic Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). After performing visual and verbal inspection its initial responsibility will be to measure the vital signs of the patient, such as pulse, blood pressure, respiration, and temperature, as well as performing ultrasonic and electrocardiogram examinations. As these actions require the robot to skillfully touch the patient, it is vital for it to be able to detect, characterize, control the interaction forces and behave appropriately during contact.