Title :
Kitchen extension robot module for elderly housing
Author :
Wada, Kazuyoshi ; Tanaka, T. ; Suganuma, Yusuke ; Hashimoto, Mime ; Suzuki, Takumi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Syst. Design, Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., Hino, Japan
fDate :
Oct. 30 2013-Nov. 2 2013
Abstract :
Recently, public housing are rebuilt for the elderly in the center of a city. The main purposes of rebuilding are flatting floors, installation of handrails, and expansion of bathroom and toilet for people using wheelchair. Because giving priority to them, spaces for kitchen and dining room are very limited. The kitchen doesn´t have enough cooking and storage space; and dining room doesn´t have space for dining table. In this study, we propose a robot module that can expand spaces for cooking, store electric appliances, cooking tools and tableware, and transform into the dining table.
Keywords :
architecture; assisted living; buildings (structures); geriatrics; intelligent structures; service robots; bathroom expansion; cooking space; cooking tools; dining room; dining table; elderly housing; electric appliances; flatting floors; handrail installation; kitchen extension robot module; public housing; rebuilding; storage space; tableware; toilet expansion; wheelchair; Architectural Furniture; Intelligent Space; Smart Variable Space;
Conference_Titel :
Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence (URAI), 2013 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Jeju
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1195-0
DOI :
10.1109/URAI.2013.6677292