Robotic Assistance in Coordination of Patient Care

The experiment, conducted with nurses and physicians, evaluated the subjects’ levels of trust in and dependence on high- and low-quality recommendations issued by robotic versus computer-based decision support, generated through action-driven learning from expert demonstration. The high-quality recommendations produced, were accepted by nurses and physicians at a compliance rate of 90%. The study's overall results support the notion that a robotic assistant may be able to safely and effectively assist in patient care.

Conference Proceedings Report Citation

Gombolay M, Yang XJ, Hayes B, Seo N, Liu Z, Wadhwania S , Yu T, Shah N, Golen T, and Shah J. Robotic Assistance in Coordination of Patient Care. In: Proceedings of Robotics: Science and Systems ({RSS}); June 20-22, 2016; Ann Arbor, MI.

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