Robotic Auscultation over Clothes for Eliminating Gender Bias
Ryosuke Tsumura,Akihiro Umezawa,Yuko Morishima,Hiroyasu Iwata,Yoshihiko Koseki,Naotaka Nitta,Kiyoshi Yoshinaka,Ryosuke Tsumura,Akihiro Umezawa,Yuko Morishima,Hiroyasu Iwata,Yoshihiko Koseki,Naotaka Nitta,Kiyoshi Yoshinaka
During auscultation, patients in difficult age often feel embarrassed and uncomfortable when exposing their chests to doctors of the different gender and being touched physically by doctors. We assume that an auscultation with robot technology can address the aforementioned gender-related issue. Toward eliminating gender bias during auscultation exam, this paper proposes a robotic platform which e...
