Aethon's Homer Works To Recover Hospital Assets
May 29, 2007
Developed by Aethon, the hospital robot Tug, now has a "brother" named Homer. An RFID-enabled version of the original Tug, Homer was designed to perform the same retrieval and delivery tasks, but also carries an RFID interrogator used to locate RFID-tagged assets as it moves around the hospital. Six of the more than 34 hospital already using Tugs are now testing Homer. A proprietary algorithm allows the software to determine an asset tag's location to an accuracy of approximately 3 feet, and the robot's container allows assets to be moved around the hospital. Hospitals already using RFID to track assets can add readers to their Tugs, eliminating the need to install readers throughout the entire hospital. Read more on Aethon's website.
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