An informationally structured room for robotic assistance.

Journal: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Published Date: Apr 22, 2015

Abstract

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.

Authors

  • Tokuo Tsuji
    Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan. tsuji@ait.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
  • Oscar Martinez Mozos
    School of Computer Science, University of Lincoln, Lincoln LN57PN, UK. omozos@lincoln.ac.uk.
  • Hyunuk Chae
    Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan. huchae@irvs.ait.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
  • Yoonseok Pyo
    Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan. pyo@irvs.ait.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
  • Kazuya Kusaka
    Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan. kusaka@irvs.ait.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
  • Tsutomu Hasegawa
    Kumamoto National College of Technology, Kumamoto 861-1102, Japan. hasegawa@kumamoto-nct.ac.jp.
  • Ken'ichi Morooka
    Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan. morooka@ait.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
  • Ryo Kurazume
    Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan. kurazume@ait.kyushu-u.ac.jp.

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