Mobile Robotic Manipulator for Material Transfer with Disinfection Unit

Since late 2019, the COVID-19 outbreak has spread all over the world. The pandemic poses a serious danger to the worldwide population's safety and well-being, as well as the medical community and clinical infrastructures across the world. It has been universally proposed that using robots during the epidemic would enhance patient care and have an impact on the clinical framework. In this study, we built a transportable 5axis robotic manipulator out of acrylic resin that can transfer the materials from one place around inside confinement spaces in hospitals and other healthcare facilities. A wheeled vehicle has been equipped with the robotic arm. A portable sanitising device with an alcohol-containing chemical sterilant will be mounted to its back. The robotic arm will move to pick the item from the red container, set it down in the desired location with blue container, and then spray the sterilant all over it. Python has been used to create the colour detecting code. Raspberry Pi is utilised for a hardware implementation. Depending on the object's position and placement, such as whether it is in the centre, to the left or to the right, the robotic arm will move accordingly. The robot will immediately stop moving and begin picking when the object is extremely close to the camera. If the object is distant from the camera, however, the robot will advance until it is close to the object.