SBIR Phase I: Tele-Directed Artificially Intelligent Medical Robot

SBIR第一期：远程人工智能医疗机器人

• 批准号: 2203203
• 负责人: Aaron Crookes
• 金额: $ 25.6万
• 依托单位: CROOKES RESEARCH LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-15 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2203203&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Tele; Directed; Artificially

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Phase I project is to develop a novel artificial-intelligence (AI) robot-control paradigm to facilitate real-time tele-robotics and advance humankind’s robotic capability. This AI constantly interprets the intent of the operator in the context of the robot’s environment, and makes real-time adjustments to the motion of the robot to accomplish the intended task. Ultimately, this allows the operator to focus on the objective instead of operating the robot. This project will allow tele-robotics to become a viable solution in uncertain environments where traditional control schemes, with inherent latency and precision issues, currently prevent adoption of robotic solutions. This benefits applications in which a higher degree of expertise and decision-making is required to perform tasks in a dangerous or inaccessible location. The first application of this technology will allow nurses to provide patient care within hospital isolation environments to prevent exposure to the patient and care-providers. Additional applications include military, industrial maintenance, aerospace, public safety, energy, mining, and undersea solutions. Tele-robotics is a $62B market in 2019 growing by 13.5% annually.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project proposes to address the nursing crisis with an AI-enhanced robotic in patient-isolation environments. Instead of delaying care to don and doff personal-protective equipment, nurses can instantly work through the eyes, ears, and arms of these robots. The key innovation in this Phase I project is novel AI which will intuit the intent of the operator to successfully complete tasks. The proposed research will develop a robot control policy which observes the robot’s current environment as well as the users control inputs, and actuates a robot to achieve the desired task. The robot will self-correct for errors made by the user through an understanding of the desired outcomes. At the end of this Phase I project, we expect the robot to perform a demonstration of accurate and timely object manipulation while controlled by a remote operator without line of sight to the work area. In a subsequent phase, the ultimate technical objective is for the solution to be as intuitive and invaluable as a modern smartphone. The business objective, developed in partnership with healthcare systems, is to provide better isolation-patient outcomes while improving productivity and reducing health risk for nurses.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该阶段I项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是开发一种新型的人工智能（AI）机器人控制范式来支持实时的远程机制并提高人类的机器人能力。该AI在机器人环境的上下文中不断解释操作员的意图，并对机器人的运动进行实时调整以完成预期的任务。最终，这使操作员可以专注于目标而不是操作机器人。该项目将使电信机构能够在不确定的环境中成为可行的解决方案，在这种环境中，传统的控制方案具有固有的延迟和精确问题，目前可以阻止采用机器人解决方案。这种有益的应用程序，其中需要更高程度的专业知识和决策才能在危险或难以访问的位置执行任务。该技术的第一个应用将使护士能够在医院隔离环境中提供患者护理，以防止患者和护理人员暴露。其他应用包括军事，工业维护，航空航天，公共安全，能源，采矿和海底解决方案。 Tele-Robotics每年是2019年的62B美元市场，每年增长13.5％。这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）I阶段项目建议在患者隔离环境中使用AI-Enhanced机器人解决护理危机。护士可以立即通过这些机器人的眼睛，耳朵和手臂来延迟护理和DOFF的个人保护设备。 I阶段I项目的关键创新是Nove AI，它将直觉操作员的意图成功完成任务。拟议的研究将制定机器人控制策略，该政策观察机器人当前的环境以及用户控制输入，并促使机器人完成所需的任务。通过理解所需结果来自我纠正用户犯错误。在此阶段I项目的结束时，我们希望机器人在由远程操作员控制的情况下进行准确，及时的对象操作的演示，而没有视线到工作区域。在随后的阶段，最终的技术目标是使解决方案与现代智能手机一样直观和宝贵。与医疗保健系统合作开发的业务目标是提供更好的隔离患者结果，同时提高生产率并降低护士的健康风险。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响标准通过评估来获得的支持。