High level functions for the intuitive use of an assistive robot

Author

Lebec, Olivier ; Ben Ghezala, Mohamed Walid ; Leynart, Violaine ; Laffont, Isabelle ; Fattal, Charles ; Devilliers, Laurence ; Chastagnol, Clement ; Martin, Jean-Claude ; Mezouar, Youcef ; Korrapatti, Hermanth ; Dupourque, Vincent ; Leroux, Camille

Author_Institution

CEA LIST, Fontenay-aux-roses, France

fYear

2013

fDate

24-26 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This document presents the research project ARMEN (Assistive Robotics to Maintain Elderly People in a Natural environment), aimed at the development of a user friendly robot with advanced functions for assistance to elderly or disabled persons at home. Focus is given to the robot SAM (Smart Autonomous Majordomo) and its new features of navigation, manipulation, object recognition, and knowledge representation developed for the intuitive supervision of the robot. The results of the technical evaluations show the value and potential of these functions for practical applications. The paper also documents the details of the clinical evaluations carried out with elderly and disabled persons in a therapeutic setting to validate the project.

Keywords

geriatrics; handicapped aids; manipulators; medical robotics; mobile robots; ARMEN research project; assistive robot; assistive robotics to maintain elderly people in a natural environment research project; disabled persons assistance; elderly assistance; high level functions; robot SAM; robot intuitive supervision; smart autonomous Majordomo; therapeutic setting; user friendly robot; Mobile communication; Object recognition; Ontologies; Robots; Senior citizens; Visualization; assistive robotics; elderly and disabled people; empathy emotion understanding; evaluation protocol; intuitive HMI; mobile manipulation; object recognition;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

1945-7898

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6022-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICORR.2013.6650374

Filename

6650374