Teleoperated Smart Robot With Automatic Medicine Dispenser
Doctors are usually needed to work at every hospital. But it is not as much easier for every doctor to be available at every place at desired time. Nurses, doctors, and other healthcare workers always work at the front line in the fight against pandemics. Not only are they needed to treat sick patie
2025-06-28 16:36:50 - Adil Khan
Teleoperated Smart Robot With Automatic Medicine Dispenser
Project Area of Specialization Electrical/Electronic EngineeringProject SummaryDoctors are usually needed to work at every hospital. But it is not as much easier for every doctor to be available at every place at desired time. Nurses, doctors, and other healthcare workers always work at the front line in the fight against pandemics. Not only are they needed to treat sick patients, but they also put themselves at high risk of contracting the disease themselves. In recent past and even ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, due to direct interaction with the patients, thousands of doctors and nurses have fallen ill, and hundreds have died. Monitoring patients and supplying medicines while avoiding direct interaction with the patients is the only way out to reduce the risk of disease spread among the medical staff. In this regard, we aim to develop a Teleoperated smart robot that allows a doctor to virtually move around at a remote location at will and even talk to the patients. The robot will also be equipped with the automatic medicine dispenser to facilitate the patients by avoiding physical interaction. The doctor can use an android application to control the robot. The control commands are sent online and are received by the robot controller. The received commands are received in real time and the robot motors are operated according to the given commands.
Main Features of the project are as follows.
- The robot will be teleoperated and will be controlled through laptop or PC.
- The robot will allow the doctor to visually communicate and observe the patient via Wireless camera.
- The robot will be responsible to supply routine medicines to the patients prescribed by the doctors.
- The project includes the charging station, at which the robot can be charged via a charging dock.
Nurses, doctors, and other healthcare workers from the front line in the fight against pandemics. Not only are they needed to treat sick patients, but they also put themselves at high risk of contracting the disease themselves.
- To keep Healthcare Workers Safe.
- To give medicine to patients, those who are suffering with dangerous diseases.
- Design and development of teleoperated robot.
- Design and development of Medicine dispenser.
- Integration of medicine dispenser system with robot.
- Design and development of android application to control the robot.
- Design and development of android application to control the medicine dispenser.
- We aim to design a cost effective robot.
- Help doctor to prescribe medicine according to patient recovery level or health conditions.
- We aim to design an indigenous robot.
- To help the healthcare workers and nurses.
- To reduce the workload of nurses and healthcare workers.
- To give freedom to patients from having to rely on another person for their medication.
Making of Base:
First of all the base of base is manufactured, it includes motors (DC Geared Motors), motor shafts and wheels .The base is made up of Acrylic sheet. The cutting of acrylic sheet is done by laser cutting (Laser cutting is a non-traditional machining method that uses an intensely focused, coherent stream of light called lasers to cut through the material. This is a type of subtractive machining process where the material is continuously removed during the cutting process.), then we make a design of the base and attach motors with the base, then we attach motor shafts with motors and later on wheels are attached with motors.
Testing of base:
After making the base, we can test the base by connecting motors with a dry cell battery and a speed controller circuit that is used to control the speed of the base according to the required Speed.
Installation of equipments:
After checking the base properly, firstly Arduino is installed along with the Bluetooth module and motor drive circuits. Then connect all equipments according to the circuit diagram with battery. Here Bluetooth module is used for communication purposes between android app and the robot. Motor drive circuits are used to control the Dc geared motors, it can control motors according to the instructions given by android app to Bluetooth module. The H-Bridges are used as motor drive circuit with can control the movement of the motors. Here we control four motors with H-Bridges.
Burning of code in arduino:
A code was burned in arduino which includes all the instruction for the movement of robot with Bluetooth.
Testing of robot with software:
After the installation and burning of code, power on of robot and then android application is connected with the Bluetooth module. One’s Bluetooth is connected; according to the moving instructions from the application we checked the movement of the robot accordingly. We can also check that all the equipments are working properly without any heat or any short circuit.
Installation of Camera:
A Wi-Fi controlled camera is installed. The camera was installed for the purpose of communication between doctor/paramedical staff or nurses and patients. Through that his/her family members also communication with patient without infected. The camera is also helpful for the doctor to monitor the condition of the patients. Through this interaction between doctor and patient is very less and also by using this camera a doctor can also prescribe medicine according to the patient health condition.
Installation of dispenser:
At the end an automatic medicine dispenser is installed in robot which is used to give pills to the patients. As we know Doctor is controlled the robot so he give pills to the patients according to their health condition. It can simply drop the medicine/pills in the tray that is placed along with the side table of the patient.
Installation of Power supply:
A power supply is also installed for the charging purpose.
Benefits of the ProjectPatients who rely on several medications a day, managing the various pills is a frustrating task. An automatic Medicine dispenser makes life easier.
Poor management of medication is one of the major and critical reasons that elderly citizens are placed in nursing homes. Many elders take their medicines incorrectly and this attributes to the rising number of hospitalizations.
Using an automatic medicine dispenser will go a long way in preventing mismanagement of medication. It helps to dispense pills at the prescribed times. They can be filled by a pharmacist or a caretaker.
Some caregivers have patients who require a cocktail of pills several times a day. This dispenser gives them peace of mind. They are confident the patient is taking their medication regularly. Let’s look at other benefits.
Benefits of an Automatic Pill Dispenser
- Saves Time
Some of the labels on pill bottles come in small print and may be difficult to read. Especially for patients with vision problems. Opening the small pill bottles is also time-consuming. With an automatic dispenser, the pills can be loaded once for a long period. This saves time and takes away frustration.
- Safety
For traditional pill bottles, children can easily open them. Also, if your pills accidentally fell on the floor, your pet could eat them. Once the pills are loaded in the dispenser, they are locked in and can’t fall out. The risk of children or pets consuming the pills is controlled.
- Improves Management of Medication
Without an automatic medicine dispenser, patients can easily take the wrong medication or skip some doses. This problem can take a user straight to the emergency room. With the dispenser, the pills have been presorted and preprogrammed. This prevent any overdose and underdose.
- Portable
It is automatic medicine dispenser. It is portable and require only batteries to function well. If you’re traveling or on vacation, you can easily carry it.
- Independence and Freedom
The dispenser reduces the workload of nurses and gives them peace of mind. It also gives patients freedom from having to rely on another person for their medication several times a day. With the exception of severe dementia and Alzheimer patients, senior citizens and other patients can live an independent life with an automatic dispenser.
With everything going on in life like friends, family, work, appointments, you shouldn’t have to worry about medication as well. This automatic medicine dispenser makes your life easy by ensuring that you take the right medication, in the right dose, at the right time.
Technical Details of Final DeliverableThe robot structure:
At end of our project a robotic structure is delivered. The robot structure includes all the basic components that are used in the overall working of the robot. Robotic structure is also used for some other purposes in future.
Medicine dispenser:
An automatic medicine dispenser is also delivered at the end of the project. Medicine dispenser is controlled by the arduino, Bluetooth and android application. Firstly application is connected with Bluetooth and then according to the burned code in arduino, it works and gives auto medication to critical patients.
Motor control mechanism:
A motor controlled circuited is used for controlling the movements and speed of the motor. This motor control mechanism is very useful according to the future prospective.
Software to control all the functions of robot:
At the end of the project a software based (Android) application is also delivered. This application is used to control the movement of motors. It also controls the automatic medicine dispenser through which we deliver automatic medication to patients in critical scenario or in pandemic situations. Simply this software based application is connected with Bluetooth module that is used in our project and then by giving instructions through this we can achieve our goals.
Power supply:
A power supply is attached with the project that is basically used for charging purposes of robot. With that project will be charged at any time and at any place. This power supply is also used in future with some other projects.
Mechanical /hardware /software integrated system:
At the end of the project a hardware/software integrated system is delivered. This system is covering our overall project. Through this the project performs following operations.
- Communicate with the patients.
- Analyze the patient's medical condition.
- Give pills to the patients according to the prescription.
- Also help the patient's family to communicate with the patient.
| Item Name | Type | No. of Units | Per Unit Cost (in Rs) | Total (in Rs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total in (Rs) | 67500 | |||
| Arduino mega 256 | Equipment | 2 | 2500 | 5000 |
| Arduino Cable | Equipment | 1 | 200 | 200 |
| Bluetooth Module | Equipment | 2 | 750 | 1500 |
| Dc geared motors | Equipment | 6 | 3000 | 18000 |
| Wi-Fi Based Camera | Equipment | 2 | 3500 | 7000 |
| Acrylic sheet | Equipment | 1 | 4000 | 4000 |
| Dry Cell Battery | Equipment | 1 | 2700 | 2700 |
| Dummy | Miscellaneous | 1 | 1000 | 1000 |
| Dr dress | Miscellaneous | 1 | 1000 | 1000 |
| Mechanical Spring | Equipment | 1 | 500 | 500 |
| Dc power Supply Module | Equipment | 1 | 5000 | 5000 |
| jumpers | Equipment | 20 | 150 | 3000 |
| Wheels | Equipment | 6 | 1000 | 6000 |
| silicon tubes | Miscellaneous | 10 | 100 | 1000 |
| Motor Drive Circuit | Equipment | 2 | 500 | 1000 |
| prototype | Equipment | 1 | 6000 | 6000 |
| Mast welding | Miscellaneous | 1 | 3000 | 3000 |
| Binding | Miscellaneous | 1 | 1500 | 1500 |
| Charging cable | Equipment | 1 | 100 | 100 |