REGINA – Robotic Systems for Healthcare Professionals

Robots are transforming healthcare by supporting clinical staff in challenging tasks and reducing their workload. This optimization of hospital workflows enhances the quality of care provided..

The integration of language models offers exciting new possibilities for the next generation of robots, enabling them to interact effectively with humans in dynamic and diverse environments.

Scientific companion project REGINA

The REGINA project – Robotics in Healthcare through Intelligent Natural Language Applications – aims to develop a certifiable framework for the safe and user-friendly integration of intelligent voice robots in the healthcare sector.

As part of this scientific companion project under the NLP.bot funding guideline, the focus is on the following key areas:

• Impacts and unique features of human-robot interaction
• Potentials for alleviating workloads and optimizing the training and continuing education of clinical staff
• Confidentiality, accuracy, and certifiability of speech-based robotics
• Analysis of human-robot interaction and its ethical considerations. 

Approach and innovations

REGINA (project duration: 10/2025 – 03/2029) serves as the scientific catalyst that translates the outcomes of the application-oriented research consortia from NLP.bot into a practical and cohesive framework.

As the central testing hub, a real-world laboratory offers essential hardware and testing environments to assess the NLP.bot projects concerning the following research questions:

• How can we improve work processes in healthcare facilities?
• What opportunities do we have for cognitive, temporal, and physical relief for medical staff?
• How can we integrate ethical, legal, and social considerations to maximize the impact of intelligent voice robots?

Furthermore, REGINA plays an active role in organizing networking meetings and manages the scientific communication for NLP.bot.