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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Implementing Autonomous Control in the Digital-Twins-Based Internet of Robotic Things for Remote Patient Monitoring.

Sangeen Khan, Sehat Ullah, Khalil Ullah, Sulaiman Almutairi, Sulaiman Aftan

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors.

Sangeen KhanDepartment of CS and IT, University of Malakand, Chakdara 18800, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-1661-7545
Sehat UllahDepartment of CS and IT, University of Malakand, Chakdara 18800, Pakistan.
Khalil UllahDepartment of Software Engineering, University of Malakand, Chakdara 18800, Pakistan.
Sulaiman AlmutairiDepartment of Health Informatics, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-4810-6018
Sulaiman AftanDepartment of Computer Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2093-9894

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conventional patient monitoring methods require skin-to-skin contact, continuous observation, and long working shifts, causing physical and mental stress for medical professionals. Remote patient monitoring (RPM) assists healthcare workers in monitoring patients distantly using various wearable sensors, reducing stress and infection risk. RPM can be enabled by using the Digital Twins (DTs)-based Internet of Robotic Things (IoRT) that merges robotics with the Internet of Things (IoT) and creates a virtual twin (VT) that acquires sensor data from the physical twin (PT) during operation to reflect its behavior. However, manual navigation of PT causes cognitive fatigue for the operator, affecting trust dynamics, satisfaction, and task performance. Also, operating manual systems requires proper training and long-term experience. This research implements autonomous control in the DTs-based IoRT to remotely monitor patients with chronic or contagious diseases. This work extends our previous paper that required the user to manually operate the PT using its VT to collect patient data for medical inspection. The proposed decision-making algorithm enables the PT to autonomously navigate towards the patient's room, collect and transmit health data, and return to the base station while avoiding various obstacles. Rather than manually navigating, the medical personnel direct the PT to a specific target position using the Menu buttons. The medical staff can monitor the PT and the received sensor information in the pre-built virtual environment (VE). Based on the operator's preference, manual control of the PT is also achievable. The experimental outcomes and comparative analysis verify the efficiency of the proposed system.

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Internet of ThingsRoboticsAlgorithmsHumansMonitoring, PhysiologicTelemedicineWearable Electronic Devicesautonomous robotsdigital twinsInternet of Robotic ThingsInternet of Thingsremote patient monitoring

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PMID39275751
PMCPMC11397836

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