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dc.contributor.authorMuralindran, M.-
dc.contributor.authorNagarajan, R.-
dc.contributor.authorSazali, Yaacob-
dc.contributor.authorMohd Yunus, Hamid-
dc.contributor.authorRenee, Chin-
dc.date.accessioned2009-09-04T07:12:28Z-
dc.date.available2009-09-04T07:12:28Z-
dc.date.issued2005-05-14-
dc.identifier.citationp.13-19en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.unimap.edu.my/123456789/7149-
dc.descriptionOrganized by Kolej Universiti Kejuruteraan Utara Malaysia (KUKUM), 14th - 15th May 2005 at Putra Palace Hotel, Kangar, Perlis.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe advancement in technology and medicine has indeed tremendously improved the medical treatment, health and hospital care. In spite of that, the increasing rate of patients being admitted into hospitals and health care centres requires a new type of assistance. Patients need to be lifted in order to be transferred from bed to stretcher and vice versa. According to National Health Institute (USA), existing manual patient lifting techniques are proven failure due to various reasons such as lack of manpower, improper application of body mechanics, overloaded hospital wards, etc. This puts the nurses at risk for injuring their back due to excessive force load applied to the spine leading to backache and other health problems. To solve this problem, a Patient Lifting Robot (PALBOT) is introduced. PALBOT is a semiautomatic robot operated manually by a trained nursing staff to assist nurses by reducing the frequency required for forwardbending and lifting or turning patients to change bed sheets (which is never a safe task), and bending and lifting during lateral transfer of patient to another bed or stretcher. In this paper, a preliminary study of the design and development of patient lifting robot for nurse assistance is presented briefly covering from body mechanics, lifting methods, control system to the application of artificial intelligence.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKolej Universiti Kejuruteraan Utara Malaysiaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesProceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Artificial Life and Roboticsen_US
dc.subjectPatient lifting roboten_US
dc.subjectBody mechanicsen_US
dc.subjectArtificial intelligenceen_US
dc.subjectRoboticsen_US
dc.subjectRobots -- Design and constructionen_US
dc.titleA preliminary study of Patient Lifting Robot for Nurse assistanceen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
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Sazali Yaacob, Prof. Dr.
Ramachandran, Nagarajan, Prof. Dr.

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