Digital Innovation Hubs in Health-Care Robotics Fighting COVID-19: Novel Support for Patients and Health-Care Workers Across Europe

  • Kosta Jovanovic
  • , Andrea Schwier
  • , Eloise Matheson
  • , Michele Xiloyannis
  • , Esther Rozeboom
  • , Nadine Hochhausen
  • , Brecht Vermeulen
  • , Birgit Graf
  • , Peter Wolf
  • , Zbigniew Nawrat
  • , Jordi Escuder
  • , Mare Mechelinck
  • , Birgitte Sorensen
  • , Paola Roberta Boscolo
  • , Michael Obach
  • , Selene Tognarelli
  • , Milica Jankovic
  • , Christophe Leroux
  • , Giancarlo Ferrigno
  • , Francoise J. Siepel
  • Stefano Stramigioli

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Abstract

The use of robotics in health care has seen a rise in interest due to its potential for use during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. This article reports on the first 10 industrial projects funded by the Digital Innovation Hubs in Healthcare Robotics (DIH-HERO) project across Europe that will have a clinical impact within a two-month time frame. It describes the application areas of robotics that can support health care, via robots working with health-care professionals, robots aiding patients, diagnostic robotics, rehabilitation robotics, and interventional robotics. To accelerate robotic technology in health care that can be developed and tested in a clinical setting within a project, duration of eight weeks, DIH-HERO announced a €1 million call for projects, each receiving up to €100,000 of financial support.

Original languageEnglish
Article number9330556
Pages (from-to)40-47
Number of pages8
JournalIEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine
Volume28
Issue number1
Early online date21 Jan 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2021

Keywords

  • 2022 OA procedure
  • Europe
  • Pandemics
  • Robot kinematics
  • Robot sensing systems
  • Robots
  • Vaccines
  • COVID-19

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