Design and Development of IoT-Enabled Semi-Autonomous Medicine Dispensing Mobile Robot with Obstacle-Detection Capabilities

To protect healthcare workers from contagious diseases, automated medicine dispensers offer a safe way to deliver medication to isolated patients, minimizing physical contact. This study introduces a self-navigating robot that dispenses medication (Biogesic, Advil, Fern-C) on schedule. It uses line-following to navigate and allows users to set schedules through a user-friendly app or an on-board LCD screen. The designed robot has effectively demonstrated its navigation capabilities using line-following, recognizing landmarks via RFID tags, and accurately detecting obstacles with timely notification.