Telepresence Robot at Home: A Long-Term Case Study

Bevilacqua, Roberta; Cesta, Amedeo; Cortellessa, Gabriella; Macchione, Alessandro; Orlandini, Andrea; Tiberio, Lorenza

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-01119-6_8

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“…Updates in robot functionality and, consequently, its form factors, will require a learning and adaptation process from the elderly user. Such limitations could hinder therapy and decrease long term acceptance [16]. One of the biggest limitations in today's state of the art robotic AAL systems is the reduced autonomous mobility outside the home environment.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Good examples of this are the GIRAFFE robot, a telepresence application [20][21]; the Accompany robot that provides physical, cognitive and social support [22][23]; Mobiserv, a social companion robot [24][25]; and the Nao humanoid robot [26]. The robot provides the main feedback and system interfacing functionalities, but a more complex sensory infrastructure provides monitoring data.…”

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confidence: 99%

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User Interaction Concepts in Smart Caring Homes for Elderly with Chronic Conditions

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Akker

et al. 2015

Inclusive Smart Cities and E-Health

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Abstract. This article addresses the design and implementation of user interaction concepts for smart caring homes. Elderly suffering from age related frailty or chronic diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and mild dementia are the targeted primary users. Their informal and formal caregivers are regarded as secondary users. The current smart home approach to user interaction is either too intrusive or too unobtrusive. This article proposes an alternative that implements both concepts in complementary interaction paradigms, using multiple types of feedback devices.

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confidence: 99%

User Interaction Concepts in Smart Caring Homes for Elderly with Chronic Conditions

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Akker

et al. 2015

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“…Nowadays, robotics has deeply entered our society beyond the industrial and applicative sectors, to the point that robots are proposed as companions for our daily activities, [1][2][3][4] especially for therapeutic and assisted living purposes. 5,6 Educational uses of robots are also widespread. 7 Robots are useful to convey educational messages and support learning in subjects like computer science, artificial intelligence and beyond, including physics, electronics, mechanics, overall bringing robotics closer to formal education.…”

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Robot swarms as an educational tool: The Thymio’s way

Vitanza

Rossetti

Mondada

et al. 2019

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

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Robotics provides useful tools for educational purposes, allowing to engage students in learning within disparate domains, from computer science and artificial intelligence-traditionally the main domains for educational robotics-to general education, human and social sciences and arts. Robots can be used with different purposes, from being simple tools to be programmed with some specific behaviour, to being peers with whom to engage in a fruitful interaction for a collaborative learning purpose. In this sense, they can also foster learning of transversal skills such as communication and cooperation. In this article, we propose robot swarms as a novel educational tool to target exactly those transversal skills that are difficult to account otherwise. The usage of multiple robots interacting to solve a common problem can support the learning of concepts related to cooperation and collective actions and can make accessible notions about complex systems that are common in physical, biological, economic and social sciences. Additionally, the possibility to interact and participate in the collective behaviour displayed by the robot swarm can strongly increase the comprehension and engagement with the proposed concept. Motivated by this picture, we propose a roadmap for the utilization of swarm robotics for educational purposes, which is hinged on the Thymio robot, a simple but powerful educational robot that presents all the features required for swarm robotics experimentation. We propose two case studies and we substantiate the proposal with preliminary results from a demonstration of robot swarms performed during a recent robotics festival.

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“…The development of assistive robots can provide benefits through the development of optimized solutions for some specific problems that appear in typical household domains [ 7 , 8 ]. A review of the technical description of some mobile robots proposed for telepresence applications is available in [ 8 ].…”

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“…A review of the technical description of some mobile robots proposed for telepresence applications is available in [ 8 ]. As examples of these applications: in [ 9 ] a robotic assistant was used in order to help the residents of a geriatric institution perform their daily routine; in [ 10 ] an assistive robot was proposed to help elderly people with mild cognitive impairments; in [ 7 ] a telepresence robot showed positive results in domestic elder care assistance; in [ 11 ] a telepresence robot was used to improve communication and interaction between people with dementia and their relatives; finally, in [ 12 ] a home care monitoring system was proposed, based on a fixed sensor network infrastructure and some physiological sensors, offering the possibility of a virtual visit via a tele-operated mobile robot.…”

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Assistant Personal Robot (APR): Conception and Application of a Tele-Operated Assisted Living Robot

Clotet

Martínez

Moreno

et al. 2016

Sensors

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This paper presents the technical description, mechanical design, electronic components, software implementation and possible applications of a tele-operated mobile robot designed as an assisted living tool. This robotic concept has been named Assistant Personal Robot (or APR for short) and has been designed as a remotely telecontrolled robotic platform built to provide social and assistive services to elderly people and those with impaired mobility. The APR features a fast high-mobility motion system adapted for tele-operation in plain indoor areas, which incorporates a high-priority collision avoidance procedure. This paper presents the mechanical architecture, electrical fundaments and software implementation required in order to develop the main functionalities of an assistive robot. The APR uses a tablet in order to implement the basic peer-to-peer videoconference and tele-operation control combined with a tactile graphic user interface. The paper also presents the development of some applications proposed in the framework of an assisted living robot.

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Telepresence Robot at Home: A Long-Term Case Study

Cited by 10 publications

References 16 publications

User Interaction Concepts in Smart Caring Homes for Elderly with Chronic Conditions

User Interaction Concepts in Smart Caring Homes for Elderly with Chronic Conditions

Robot swarms as an educational tool: The Thymio’s way

Assistant Personal Robot (APR): Conception and Application of a Tele-Operated Assisted Living Robot

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