An Informationally Structured Room for Robotic Assistance †

Sensors

Tokuo Tsuji²  Oscar Martinez Mozos³  Hyunuk Chae²  Yoonseok Pyo²  Kazuya Kusaka²  Tsutomu Hasegawa¹  Ken'ichi Morooka²  Ryo Kurazume² 

[1] Kumamoto National College of Technology, Kumamoto 861-1102, Japan; E-Mail:;Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan; E-Mails:;School of Computer Science, University of Lincoln, Lincoln LN57PN, UK; E-Mail:

关键词: assistive technologies;    intelligent sensors;    service robotics;    smart home;    ambient intelligence;    distributed sensors;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s150409438

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The application of assistive technologies for elderly people is one of the most promising and interesting scenarios for intelligent technologies in the present and near future. Moreover, the improvement of the quality of life for the elderly is one of the first priorities in modern countries and societies. In this work, we present an informationally structured room that is aimed at supporting the daily life activities of elderly people. This room integrates different sensor modalities in a natural and non-invasive way inside the environment. The information gathered by the sensors is processed and sent to a centralized management system, which makes it available to a service robot assisting the people. One important restriction of our intelligent room is reducing as much as possible any interference with daily activities. Finally, this paper presents several experiments and situations using our intelligent environment in cooperation with our service robot.

【 授权许可】

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