AsTeRICS: a new flexible solution for people with motor disabilities in upper limbs and its implication for rehabilitation procedures

Morales, Blanca; Díaz-Orueta, Unai; García-Soler, Álvaro; Pecyna, Karol; Ossmann, Roland; Nussbaum, Gerhard; Veigl, Christoph; Weiss, Christoph; Acedo, Javier; Soria-Frisch, Aureli

doi:10.3109/17483107.2012.754956

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“…In Europe, there is a strong need for AT supporting people with reduced motor capabilities . A Eurostat statistics from 2005 suggests that between 1.7% (Hungary) and 17.5% (Norway) of people with long‐term disabilities have problems with their arms or hands.…”

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AsTeRICS, a flexible AT construction set

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Thaller³

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Adaptive Control & Signal

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A vast number of people with disabilities are supported by assistive technologies (AT). Often, AT solutions do not directly fit the specific requirements of a user, making costly adaptations necessary. Assistive Technology Rapid Integration & Construction Set (AsTeRICS) aims to change this situation by employing rapid prototyping technologies in AT. A construction set of building blocks to create flexible prototypes for each individual user is provided. This set is configured by a visual modelling software application which allows to connect all building blocks as needed, tailoring the prototype to the user's abilities and needs. Building blocks include sensors (which in this context includes not only stand-alone sensors such as simple switch inputs but also vision systems, brain computer interfaces, and many more), data processing elements (mathematical and flow control), and actuators (such as mouse/keyboard replacement, smart environments, and mobile phone access). As central part of AsTeRICS, a runtime environment has been developed, handling all signal processing and data exchange operations needed for the interaction of the building blocks. R. OSSMANN ET AL.finalizing the project, there were already more functionalities implemented than originally planned. Since then, development has continued in the scope of follow-up projects, diploma thesis and traineeships, and also by the help of volunteer programmers during their free time. The current release is version 2.2, featuring more than 120 plug-ins. Since December 2013, there is an open source repository on Github, which is already being used by several organizations and persons. Target groupIn Europe, there is a strong need for AT supporting people with reduced motor capabilities [2]. A Eurostat statistics [3] from 2005 suggests that between 1.7% (Hungary) and 17.5% (Norway) of people with long-term disabilities have problems with their arms or hands. In absolute figures, that means more than 2.6 million people in Europe have impairments affecting their upper limbs and therefore many of them depend on assistive technologies (AT). As the requirements of the individual user are very specific, adaptive, Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-based solutions are needed to let this population group participate in modern society.Over the last decades, a considerable number of information and communication technologybased AT devices have become available for people with disabilities. These AT devices often ask for adaptation of software and/or hardware to fit the user's abilities before they can be used. All too often, assistive tools that have been optimized for particular applications cannot be used in other situations out-of-the-box. Additionally, some people cannot be supplied with AT devices at all due to the limits of adaptability or unaffordable costs of the necessary adaptations.Accessible technologies are a key factor to support people with disabilities in their daily life and to let them participate in a modern and open society. The design-for-al...

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AsTeRICS, a flexible AT construction set

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Thaller³

et al. 2014

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An Approach to design Keyboard and Mouse assisting device for handicap users

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2022

2022 IEEE International IOT, Electronics and Mechatronics Conference (IEMTRONICS)

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Miesenberger¹,

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Ossmann

2014

Assistive Technologies and Computer Access for Motor Disabilities

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The authors outline the potential of sensor technology for people with disabilities and those people with motor disabilities in general. First the authors describe how people with disabilities interact with the environment using specialized Assistive Technologies (AT) to interface modern Information and Communication Technology (ICT) via the standardized Human-Computer Interface (HCI). The authors discuss the state-of-the-art and emerging sensor technology and how it enhances the potential of AT facilitated interaction with ICT/HCI regarding two domains: a) Sensor technology embedded in the environment providing flexible and adaptable means of interaction and b) sensor technology for better, more flexible and efficient application of skills of people with disabilities as AT solutions. Based on this analysis the authors advocate for changing AT practice in terms of assessment and service provision, but also R&D to recognize the extended potential provided by sensor technology to exploit presently unused or neglected skills of users. The authors underline the need to make AT solutions more flexible, adaptable, and affordable. the authors argue, in view of the potential of sensor technology, that there is an increasing need for an efficient software framework allowing an easy integration of sensor technology into AT solutions or even individual AT service provision. Finally the authors present the AsTeRICS framework as an example of an extendable AT construction set for an open source and crowed sourcing approach for a more user-centered, easy, fast, and economic implementation of sensor based or sensor enhanced AT solutions.

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AsTeRICS: a new flexible solution for people with motor disabilities in upper limbs and its implication for rehabilitation procedures

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