Enlong Dong (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China), Huakun Huang (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China), Huakai Huang (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China), Ruize Liu (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China), and Hengxian Li (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China)
https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/zone-aware-medical-robot-coordination-system/411997

Hospital service robots face challenges because they need to compete for limited resources while their work schedules remain unproductive. The robot coordination system which we created solves this issue through its design for medical operations. The core idea needs to merge regional resource limitations together with a simple system that handles multiple tasks simultaneously. Our solution includes a zone-aware work-stealing strategy which enables robot threads to focus on local tasks while taking tasks from other threads only when essential. The system achieves total system responsiveness improvements through its ability to prevent unnecessary blocking. The system runs on a Rust implementation which provides a web-based interface for visualizing its functions. The system enables secure simultaneous operation of multiple tasks while it provides continuous operational status tracking. Our experiments demonstrate that our design establishes permanent and safe methods for distributing tasks.