I'll keep an eye on you: Home robot companion for elderly people with cognitive impairment

Groß, Horst–Michael; Schroeter, Christof; Mueller, Steffen; Volkhardt, Michael; Einhorn, E.; Bley, A.; Langner, Tim Dipl.-Inf.; Martin, C. J.; Merten, M.

doi:10.1109/icsmc.2011.6084050

Cited by 48 publications

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“…IROMEC (Interactive Robotic Social Mediators as Companions) showcases the benefits of a robotic companion able to play with developmentally-impaired children [6]. CompanionAble, on the other hand, seeks to assist people in their homes and it is targeted for the elderly, particularly those who suffer from mild cognitive impairment [4].…”

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A Humanoid Robot Companion for Wheelchair Users

Sarabia

Demiris

2013

Social Robotics

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Abstract. In this paper we integrate a humanoid robot with a powered wheelchair with the aim of lowering the cognitive requirements needed for powered mobility. We propose two roles for this companion: pointing out obstacles and giving directions. We show that children enjoyed driving with the humanoid companion by their side during a field-trial in an uncontrolled environment. Moreover, we present the results of a driving experiment for adults where the companion acted as a driving aid and conclude that participants preferred the humanoid companion to a simulated companion. Our results suggest that people will welcome a humanoid companion for their wheelchairs.

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A Humanoid Robot Companion for Wheelchair Users

Sarabia

Demiris

2013

Social Robotics

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“…More recently, Robot-Era project, which aims to provide personal robots for elderly person, also deal with smart environments, this is not the main objective of the project and it relies on PEIS contributions. Lastly, CompanionAble [2,11] is a project that aims to provide cheap robots to help elders by using a smart environment. The smart environment is made from multiple kinds of devices.…”

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A Framework for Service Robots in Smart Home: An Efficient Solution for Domestic Healthcare

Ramoly

Bouzeghoub

Finance

2018

IRBM

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Domestic healthcare is becoming more and more important as the population is growing older. The last technological progresses enable numerous possibilities for monitoring and helping users in their everyday lives. Robotics and smart home are two distinct examples. They both provide great features and possibilities, but also limits. This work addresses the combination of robots and smart home. In this paper, we present a robotic framework that relies on the smart environments strengths. We tackled numerous challenges encountered by the robot for perceiving, reasoning and acting at home and that are critical for healthcare applications. Consequently, multiple solutions are presented and evaluated through both simulation and physical tests.

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“…Although there are several attempts to provide fully autonomous companion robots [4,9], most current robotic platforms aimed at eldercare are essentially based on teleoperation [10].…”

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“…Other groups have designed companion robots [4], many of them focused on satisfying certain emotional needs of elderly people [5]. In addition, some interesting research works address the impact of using robots in eldercare [6] and try to answer some major questions, such as, how the robot could affect the senior users' life [7] and how they accept robots [8].…”

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Cybi: A Smart Companion Robot for Elderly People: Improving Teleoperation and Telepresence Skills by Combining Cloud Computing Technologies and Fuzzy Logic

Pavón-Pulido

López-Riquelme

Pinuaga-Cascales

et al. 2015

2015 IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions

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This paper describes Cybi, an inexpensive smart companion mobile robot for elderly and disabled people. The software architecture that enables users to perform telepresence and teleoperation tasks with Cybi is based on combining Cloud Computing technologies and Fuzzy Logic. On one hand, the robot can be remotely teleoperated from a thin client by executing a specific module of a distributed software component that uses ROS, WebRTC and Google App Engine. On the other hand, Cybi is capable of understanding simple spoken orders that allow it to navigate through an unknown domestic indoor environment. In both cases, a fuzzy reactive navigation software component is used with the aim of making the teleoperation procedure as easy and safe as possible for both elders' caregivers and elderly users themselves. Finally, several real tests are also presented, demonstrating that Cybi could be considered as a suitable robotic companion, since the proposed methods enhance the performance of teleoperation and telepresence tasks.

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I'll keep an eye on you: Home robot companion for elderly people with cognitive impairment

Cited by 48 publications

References 10 publications

A Humanoid Robot Companion for Wheelchair Users

A Humanoid Robot Companion for Wheelchair Users

A Framework for Service Robots in Smart Home: An Efficient Solution for Domestic Healthcare

Cybi: A Smart Companion Robot for Elderly People: Improving Teleoperation and Telepresence Skills by Combining Cloud Computing Technologies and Fuzzy Logic

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