Minimal Infrastructure Robotic Delivery System for Non-Contact Logistics

用于非接触式物流的最小基础设施机器人配送系统(MILO-RDS)将开发一支物流机器人机队，能够自主协调临时场所的重要物资交付，例如为应对新冠肺炎大流行而迅速建立的南丁格尔医院。这种空间的快速部署性质要求需要一种解决方案，这种解决方案不依赖于繁琐和耗时的通信基础设施安装，并可以促进食品和药品等物品的远程交付。这既减少了接触一线工作人员的风险，又有助于保护患者。该项目将利用尖端工程研究开发一个原型解决方案，用于最低限度的基础设施部署，向多个固定目的地非接触式自主交付物资，以及机器人代理的消毒。

Minimal-Infrastructure Robotic Delivery System for Non-Contact Logistics (MILo-RDS) will develop a fleet of logistics robots capable of autonomously coordinating delivery of vital supplies in ad-hoc arenas, such as the Nightingale hospitals, quickly established in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The rapidly deployed nature of such spaces necessitates the need for a solution that doesn't rely on the cumbersome and time-consuming installation of communications infrastructure, and can facilitate the remote delivery of items, such as food and medicines. This both reduces the risk of exposure to frontline staff and helps protect patients. This project will draw for cutting-edge engineering research to develop a prototype solution for _minimal infrastructure deployment_, _non-contact autonomous delivery of supplies to multiple fixed destinations_, and _disinfection of robotic agents._