Keio University Hospital and WHILL Co., Ltd. have started a demonstration experiment of an automatic driving system (WHILL automatic driving system) that transports patients based on in-hospital map information.It is a system that allows you to move to the destination in the hospital by your own operation using personal mobility, aiming for safe movement of patients and reduction of the burden on hospital staff.
The WHILL autonomous driving system consists of a "WHILL autonomous driving model" equipped with automatic driving and collision avoidance functions for personal mobility, and a system that manages and operates multiple aircraft, and is an automatic driving for sidewalks and indoor areas. system.Personal mobility equipped with automatic driving and collision avoidance functions that create map information in the hospital in advance and store the map information operates while analyzing the surrounding conditions detected by the sensor group.Passengers can move to the destination set at the time of departure without any operation.
In this experiment, patients from Keio University Hospital will be transported to a designated place in an automatic driving mode, and after the end of use, they will be returned to the designated place by unmanned driving.The period is from September 2020, 9 to March 1, 2021.
If the medical treatment area in the hospital becomes large, the burden will increase for patients who have difficulty in moving to their destination by themselves, such as anxiety about long-distance walking and disabilities in their legs.Through this initiative, we will provide a means to move safely and accurately in the hospital to prevent falls during walking and create a comfortable medical environment.At the same time, the goal is to reduce the burden on hospital staff at the same time.
Keio University Hospital was selected for the public solicitation of the "Advanced Diagnosis / Treatment System by AI (Artificial Intelligence) Hospital" project of the Cabinet Office's strategic innovation creation program to realize Society 2018 in 5.0, and the hospital has become IT / AI. Is being promoted.
