The Role of Drones in Ambient Assisted Living Systems for the Elderly

Abstract

Following years of restricted military applications, recently unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) also known as drones have become the new disruptive force in many industrial and everyday life applications. Very obvious usage areas are transportation and parcel delivery. However, recent research reveals that there are a number of ways that drones can be employed to help elderly people sustain a better independent lifestyle. This paper introduces some of the most recent and interesting applications that drones can find in creating ambient assisted living environments for the elderly. Advantages and disadvantages, possible healthcare models and challenges are discussed. Even though these are some very interesting and original applications there are a lot of challenges involved in accepting drones as "flying assistants" to extend the independent living environment of the elderly.

Feeling of Safety and Comfort towards a Socially Assistive Unmanned Aerial Vehicle That Monitors People in a Virtual Home

“…In this respect, we could highlight a project for a custom-made quadcopter for monitoring patients indoors using images, sonar and voice recognition techniques [ 25 ]. A recent paper has introduced some of the most recent and interesting applications that drones can find in creating ambient assisted living environments for the elderly [ 26 ]. Even, a framework has been proposed for UAV navigation and people/object detection in cluttered indoor environments.…”

Controlling a Drone using Virtual Assistant Amazon Alexa

“…As per Radosveta Sokullu [1], In his paper discussed that the drone is equipped with many components for flying. These Components are generalized into 5 categories and the block diagram is as shown in Fig.…”

“…Based on [1], Drones are classified based on capability of flight and configuration or structure. As Shown in Fig.…”

“…In both industrial and daily applications, drones have become the new disruptive force. Transportation and delivery of parcels are very obvious areas of use [1].…”

Leveraging unmanned aerial vehicle technology to improve public health practice: Prospects and barriers

“…Recent advances have shown that small drones with special arms can be used to bring medicines, take hold of a glass of water, pick up spectacles from the table or even sort clothes. [ 12 ] Thanks to UAV technology, now, automated external defibrillators can reach to the patients in no time to provide rapid emergency interventions. [ 13 14 ] In this way, UAVs can be used for both acute and chronic health conditions and improve health services delivery in noninstitutional settings.…”