robot_communication

Medical Crash Cart Robot Tutorial

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Table of Contents

1. About The Project
   • Built With
2. Getting Started
   • Parts list
   • How to build
3. Contributing
4. Contact

About The Project

Healthcare workers face many challenges during bedside care that impede team collaboration and often lead to poor patient outcomes. Robots have the potential to support medical decision-making, help identify medical errors, and deliver supplies to clinical teams in a timely manner. However, there is a lack of knowledge about using robots to support clinical team dynamics despite being used in surgery, healthcare operations, and other applications. This version of the crash cart is a "Wizard of Oz" robot, allowing us to explore the robot's interactions with healthcare workers without needing to spend the time and resources to program it to run autonomously.

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Built With

• ROS2
• Python
• Shell

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Getting Started

Parts list

Access the full parts list here

How to build

1. Use the Raspberry Pi imager to install the Ubuntu OS on a mini SD card
2. Attach LED strip
3. Connect the electronics (red to 5V power, black to ground, green to GPIO 18)
   
   Fig: Electronic wiring connections for Raspberry Pi 4 with monitor, keyboard, mouse, and LED using appropriate wires and ports.
4. Download this repo's files, extract, and move them to Home
5. Download the Robot Operating System 2

   bash ros2_installation.bash

6. Test ROS2 installation

   source /opt/ros/humble/setup.bash
   ros2 run demo_nodes_cpp talker

7. Then in another terminal window

   source /opt/ros/humble/setup.bash
   ros2 run demo_nodes_cpp listener

8. Install necessary tools

   bash tool_installation.bash

9. Edit light_node src code for compatibility with your cart
10. Enter the below to rerun the GUI

    source /opt/ros/humble/setup.bash
    colcon build --symlink-install
    cd robot_communication_ws
    source install/setup.bash
    ros2 run light_pkg light_node

11. Connect the bluetooth speaker
12. Run the modules

    cd robot_communication_ws
    source install/setup.bash
    ros2 run [light/dialogue/alert]_pkg [light/dialogue/alert]_node

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Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement". Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

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License

Distributed under the [insert] License. See LICENSE.txt for more information.

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Contact

• Anaiya Z. Badi at anaiya.badi@gmail.com
• Tauhid Tanjim at tt485@cornell.edu
• Angelique M. Taylor at amt@cornell.edu

Project Link: https://github.com/Cornell-Tech-AIRLab/robot_communication

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