Hospitals must always look for new ways to reduce cost and improve patient care. At Hancock Regional Hospital in Greenfield, Indiana, Arrive AI and Ottonomy have launched the first fully asynchronous robotic automation for medical deliveries inside a hospital. The two year partnership with Hancock Health uses autonomous Ottobot robots and Arrive Points, which are secure storage units that hold medical items until staff have time to pick them up.
The process starts after staff place lab specimens in the nearest Arrive Point. The unit signals an Ottobot, which retrieves the items and delivers them to another Arrive Point. The system alerts authorized staff that the delivery has arrived. Items remain stored at the correct temperature until pickup. Arrive AI has installed Arrive Points near the lab and surgical center. Each location is about one eighth of a mile from nurses stations. The rollout will continue in phases. Arrive AI plans to use lessons from Hancock Health to build a broader model linking ground robots, couriers, and drones in one system.
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