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IntelliTable: Inclusively-Designed Furniture with Robotic Capabilities.

Studies in health technology and informatics Jan 1, 2017
IntelliTable is a new proof-of-principle assistive technology system with robotic capabilities in the form of an elegant universal cantilever table able to move around by itself, or under user control. We describe the design and current capabilities ...
Self-Help Devices Interior Design and Furnishings Humans Robotics Smartphone
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Standardization of Assistive Products with Robotic Technology - From a Perspective of ISO/TC173.

Studies in health technology and informatics Jan 1, 2017
ISO/TC173 is a technical committee, in charge of international standardization of assistive products (APs). Robotic technology (RT) is currently an important topic in this field. APs with RT will be included in future revisions of the scope of TC173....
Robotics Self-Help Devices Forecasting Humans
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Development of a Risk Assessment Assistance Tool for Robotic Care Devices.

Studies in health technology and informatics Jan 1, 2017
Aiming to eliminate a labor shortage caused by the aging of society, many kinds of service robots are under development. Nursing care for the elderly is considered as a typical application of service robots, especially in Japan. Elderly care robots o...
Japan Robotics Aged Risk Assessment Self-Help Devices Aging Humans
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Estimation of Injury by Falls for Risk Assessment of Robotic Care Devices.

Studies in health technology and informatics Jan 1, 2017
In order for manufacturers of robotic devices for nursing care to predict injury in accidents related to their products, risk assessments are carried out according to various standards e.g. ISO 12100. Probabilities of death, bone fracture and head in...
Humans Japan Accidental Falls Robotics Risk Assessment
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Standardization of Care and Assistive Products Involving Robot Technology.

Studies in health technology and informatics Jan 1, 2017
An ongoing Japan-wide project for the development and deployment of care and assistive robotic devices is being followed by a program of standardizing some of the outcome technologies while focusing on safe usage. We examine the concept defining the ...
Robotics Quality of Life Self-Help Devices Japan Humans
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Care Robot ZORA in Dutch Nursing Homes; An Evaluation Study.

Studies in health technology and informatics Jan 1, 2017
From May 2016 - November 2016 the use of the ZORA robot was investigated in 15 long-term care facilities for older people. The ZORA robot is built as a social robot and used for pleasure and entertainment or to stimulate physical activities of the re...
Nursing Homes Long-Term Care Exercise Robotics Humans
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Investigating the Effect of Social Robot Embodiment.

Studies in health technology and informatics Jan 1, 2017
The experiment described in this paper is an early assessment to identify if the embodiment of a verbal and visual user interaction system in a robot is more effective in people with dementia than when using the same system in a simple laptop. This s...
Robotics Equipment Design Dementia Humans
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Introducing ZORA to Children with Severe Physical Disabilities.

Studies in health technology and informatics Jan 1, 2017
The aim of the present study was to explore the potential of a ZORA-robot based intervention in rehabilitation and special education for children with (severe) physical disabilities from the professionals perspective. The qualitative results of this ...
Communication Child Learning Humans Interpersonal Relations Children with Disabilities Robotics
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Exploring the Use of a Humanoid Robot to Engage Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Studies in health technology and informatics Jan 1, 2017
We present a study aimed at exploring whether a humanoid robot may improve the effectiveness of educational interventions targeting children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Preliminary results with three preschool children with ASD indicate tha...
Self-Help Devices Autism Spectrum Disorder Humans Robotics Child
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Design of a Behavior of Robot That Attracts the Interest of the Mildly Demented Elderly.

Studies in health technology and informatics Jan 1, 2017
In this study, using the unexpected intervention overturning the interaction amount of the field and the mental model, an interaction of a robot system that enables sustained nonverbal communication with the mildly demented elderly was proposed and i...
Humans Aged Robotics Attention Dementia Communication
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