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Authors:
Nikolaos Kazepis
Margherita Antona
Constantine Stephanidis
Keywords: development framework; multimodal interaction; adaptation; assistive robots
Abstract:
The continuous growth of the older population and the progressive ageing of society worldwide bring about the need for new technological solutions for improving independent living, quality of life and active ageing of older citizens. Recent research efforts have focused on incorporating assistive robotic platforms in the elderly’s homes under the role of domestic care givers or social companion. Robotic platforms have been around for quite some time, and researchers have been focused on overcoming essential problems that are related to the nature of robotics and their usage in domestic environments. However, since the field of robotics has matured over the last years, a focus shift from the hardware itself to Human Robot Interaction (HRI) in domestic environments is becoming increasingly necessary. This paper focusses on interaction in the context of the collaborative co-existence of the elderly and the robot. In this context, interaction should be tailored to the end users taking into account the specific requirements of each individual, the environmental state but also the capacity of the input/output channels provided by the robotic platform. To this end, this paper proposes a generic platform targeted to support the development of multimodal, elderly friendly, interactive applications that target assistive robots for elderly users.
Pages: 386 to 397
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016
Publication date: April 24, 2016
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-4138
ISBN: 978-1-61208-468-8
Location: Venice, Italy
Dates: from April 24, 2016 to April 28, 2016