MedBuddy: The Medicine Delivery Robot

Abstract

According to CNN-Health and as of June 2021, authorities have claimed over 174.4 million coronavirus cases and 3.8 million deaths since China reported the first case in December 2019. The objective of the project 'MedBuddy' is to reduce the number of coronavirus cases among the medical staff and doctors when they must tend to the patients and administering the medications who are isolated in the general ward. This objective is achieved by designing and developing a Bluetooth controlled robot car built using the Arduino Uno microcontroller and equipped with a spare smartphone whose camera will be used to provide live feed to the application developed using MIT App Inventor. The robot is equipped with tray that allows the medicines to be delivered with an ease to the patients from a safe distance. This will result in making the timely delivery of medicines for the patients and will also reduce the unnecessary contact with the patients, minimizing the risk for medical personnel.