Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6022-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICORR.2013.6650374
