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This paper presents an intelligent system capable of dispensing pills after the programming of the daily doses by the user. This system has been studied and designed for elderly people and their caregiver. In order to add value to the product, the equipment has an improved recharge system and user interface. Thus, it uses trays, and each one of them takes a different type of medication, taking advantage of an easy-to-use touch screen for the programming of the doses, a buzzer for sound signaling and employing a weight sensor to detect the presence of the collection cup. Alongside that, the equipment has a communication system to warn the caregiver if the patient hasn’t taken their pills, if it is necessary to reload the trays or even if the patient forgot to put back the cup.
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This work has been supported by FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia within the R&D Units Project Scope: UIDP/04077/2020 and UIDB/04077/2020.
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Fernandes, N., Amorim, A.R., Silva, B., Freitas, J., Mendonça, J.P. (2022). TAB-Med: Automated Pill Dispenser in Residential Environments. In: Machado, J., Soares, F., Trojanowska, J., Ottaviano, E. (eds) Innovations in Mechanical Engineering. icieng 2021. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79165-0_34
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