Design of a personal service robot to improve therapeutic adherence in people with motor disabilities

Around 15% of people suffer from some type of disability in the world. One of them is motor disability, which prevents people with it from walking easily and going up or down stairs. Recent studies reveal that the number one cause of disability is an illness, which is why it is common for people to follow a treatment and require medication. If there is no high therapeutic adherence, the benefits offered by the medications will not be as expected. This work proposes the design of a personal service robot whose purpose is to make it easier for people with motor disabilities to take their medications and monitor their treatment, thus hoping to increase their therapeutic adherence. The proposed robot moves following lines and stops at points where the person is normally within their house and at the time the medicine should be taken. In addition, it has a camera that allows monitoring of the person through an application that can also be used to configure the intervals and dosage of the medication. The tests showed promising results in terms of time measurement and robot movement, however, problems with locating the person were encountered.