Home-Use Object Transfer/Storage Robot System with Compliant Strategy and Mechanism (Commodities Management and its Extended Application of Daily Life Support for the Elderly)

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 532-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Fukui ◽  
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Taketoshi Mori ◽  
Tomomasa Sato
Keyword(s):  
Life Support ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Prototype System ◽  
Basic Solution ◽  
Robot System ◽  
System A ◽  
Living Space ◽  
Extended Application

This research describes the strategy and mechanism design methodology to realize a robot system that transfers and stores daily use objects in our living space. Unlike industrial applications, there are three specific problems in the home application: (1) variation of living environment, (2) diversity of daily use objects, (3) dispersion of human activity. First, we presented a concept of strategic compliance as a basic solution for these problems and extracted three fundamental functions (regulation, assist/enforce, and navigation) for the strategy. Second, we aimed to realize a robust robot motion by introducing adequate mechanisms which are suitable for the strategy. The mechanisms are; (1) passive mechanical compliance and (2) object constraint methodology with “caging.” As an actual prototype system, a home-use logistical support robot system implemented with those strategies and mechanisms is constructed. By experiments, validity of the presented methodology was confirmed. In addition to the domestic logistical application, we considered applying the proposed system to the elderly people support, and developed prototypes of supporting instruments; lavatory and refrigerator containers. The basic design of the instruments is also introduced.

scholarly journals Psychotherapeutic Living Space for the Elderly: The Psychological Basis

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
S.I. Reznichenko
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Living Space ◽  
Physical Comfort

The article is devoted to the problem of designing a psychologically comfortable living environment for seniors. On the example of foreign studies, the necessity of an integrated and scientifically grounded approach to formation of supportive home and institutional environments for elderly people is argued. The basic principles of creation of a healthy physical environment that stimulates social activity and emotional and physical comfort for the elderly are provided: providing sensory comfort, taking into account the activity and preferences of older people, accessibility, plasticity and security of the environment, balance of personal and common spaces, "home design" and a number of others. Modern architectural and design solutions and their therapeutic effect on psychological health of the elderly are considered.

scholarly journals An Architecture for the Integration of Robots and Sensors for the Care of the Elderly in an Ambient Assisted Living Environment

Robotics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 76 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Loza-Matovelle ◽  
Alexandra Verdugo ◽  
Eduardo Zalama ◽  
Jaime Gómez-García-Bermejo
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Living ◽  
Ambient Assisted Living ◽  
Web Server ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Use Case ◽  
Sensors And Actuators ◽  
System A ◽  
Telepresence Robot ◽  
The Web

In this paper, the development of an assistance system for the elderly that combines robots with a network of sensors and actuators is described. The architecture was developed with the aim of interaction. With this reason, the system incorporates particular solutions that are adaptable to the needs of the user, such as a pyramid interaction system, a telepresence robot, a biometric bracelet, and others. In the software, the system is composed of two servers: local and web. The local server is in charge of different modules that interact with direct users and their needs. The web server provides different facilities to external users to access the system remotely. A use case is analyzed where the proposed system is validated.

scholarly journals BIM ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR DECISION SUPPORT IN E-HEALTH

2021 ◽  
Vol XLIII-B2-2021 ◽  
pp. 207-214
Author(s):  
B. Plaß ◽  
C. Prudhomme ◽  
J. J. Ponciano
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Support System ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Living Space

Abstract. Looking ahead of 2070, the number of the elderly population will increase rapidly in the European Union and beyond. As society ages, it will be confronted to novel challenges related with other concerns like the concept aging in place that the majority of the elderly prefer. Concerning that, the living space must be adapted to the requirements of people with a disability, to support their relatives or friends that will become more and more important in future due to a lack of professional’s and both overstressed and expensive hospitals or nursing homes. Compounding this, those living space requirements are highly individual, depending on the disease. Our study focuses on a medical white box decision support system providing advice even for unknowledgeable users by evaluating the suitability of an elderly’s living environment in terms of their individual disease. In this paper, we propose tackling this issue with a decision support system linked to Building Information Modeling (BIM) and based on Artificial Intelligence using semantic technologies. The proposed approach's contribution is a reliable process that uses up-to-date 3D point cloud data of the person’s living environment and predicts suitable, non-suitable and adaptable zones therein according to different pathologies using formalised knowledge. We are able to provide deep expert knowledge linked from different domains inside a knowledge base and thus produce an outcome through BIM, which is understandable and helpful for two types of users, ordinary people concerned by the matter and building experts. We illustrate our methodology by a proof of concept concerning a wheel-chaired person.

Senior Living - Lighting, Circadian Rhythm and Dementia I

2019 ◽  
pp. 4-8
Author(s):  
Tadej Glažar ◽  
Marjeta Zupancic ◽  
Samo Kralj ◽  
Robert Peternelj
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Light Spectrum ◽  
Average Life Expectancy ◽  
The Real Estate ◽  
Lighting Conditions ◽  
Light Levels ◽  
Joint Fracture ◽  
Lease Contracts

The Real Estate Fund of Pension and Disability Insurance (Nepremicninski Sklad) in Slovenia, founded in1997 is the owner of 3255 properties in 116 locations throughout the country and is intended for solving housing issues of pensioners of 65 years or older and other elderly persons who are allowed independently to live. The lease contracts are concluded for an indefinite period of time. The aim and vision of the Fund is to improve the quality of life for the elderly tenants by adapting the living environment, the flats and surroundings according to the physical needs of aging tenants. Homes for seniors often have low light levels and poor light spectrum caused by fluorescent or incandescent lighting. Demographic changes in most European countries show rising average life expectancy which means that the number of people with weak visual capacity or visual impairment is increasing. Equally the risks of injuries due to poor lighting conditions are increasing, e.g. missing a step resulting in a hip joint fracture. Better lighting conditions are of critical importance for aging population, as stated also in the recently published CIE227:2017. To facilitate safe environment for the elderly, the Fund in 2013 initiated a lighting research study that should provide facts and evidence for a lighting standard for their own premises.

scholarly journals A Study on Supply–Demand Satisfaction of Community-Based Senior Care Combined with the Psychological Perception of the Elderly

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 643
Author(s):  
Jiangang Shi ◽  
Wenwen Hua ◽  
Daizhong Tang ◽  
Ke Xu ◽  
Quanwei Xu
Keyword(s):  
Latent Variables ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Community Based ◽  
The Government

Based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory and customer satisfaction theory, we constructed a satisfaction model for supply–demand satisfaction for community-based senior care (SSCSC) combined with the psychological perspective of the elderly, and four dimensions of basic living needs (BLNs), living environment (LE), personal traits (PTs), and livability for the aged (LA) were selected to construct the model. The data were obtained from 296 questionnaires from seniors over 50 years old (or completed by relatives on their behalf, according to their actual situation). Twenty-two observed variables were selected for the five latent variables, and their interactions were explored using structural equation modeling. The results showed that LA was the most significant factor influencing SSCSC, and it was followed by BLNs and LE. PTs did not show a direct effect on LA, but they could have an indirect effect on SSCSC through influencing BLNs and LE. Based on the current state of community aging satisfaction, we propose to establish a community elderly care service system based on the basic needs of the elderly population, providing differentiated and refined elderly care services and improving the level of aging-friendly communities. This study provides references for the government to formulate relevant policies and other supply entities to make strategic decisions and has important implications for further enhancing community elderly services to become an important part of the social security system for the elderly.

scholarly journals Letter to the Editor: Microbiota in the Respiratory System—A Possible Explanation to Age and Sex Variability in Susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 117863612098860
Author(s):  
Vishal Shah
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory System ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Elderly Adult ◽  
Human Respiratory Tract ◽  
System A ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Children And Young Adults ◽  
Age And Sex

The Human respiratory tract is colonized by a variety of microbes and the microbiota change as we age. In this perspective, literature support is presented for the hypothesis that the respiratory system microbiota could explain the differential age and sex breakdown amongst COVID-19 patients. The number of patients in the older and elderly adult group is higher than the other age groups. The perspective presents the possibility that certain genera of bacteria present in the respiratory system microbiota in children and young adults could be directly or through eliciting an immune response from the host, prevent full-fledged infection of SARS-CoV-2. The possibility also exists that the microbiota in older adults and the elderly population have bacteria that make it easier for the virus to cause infection. I call upon the scientific community to investigate the link between human microbiota and SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility to further understand the viral pathogenesis.

scholarly journals Design of a Laparoscopic Robot System Based on Spherical Magnetic Field

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 2070
Author(s):  
Hongxing Wei ◽  
Kaichao Li ◽  
Dong Xu ◽  
Wenshuai Tan
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Open Loop ◽  
Surgical Instruments ◽  
Prototype System ◽  
Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery ◽  
Robot System ◽  
Surgical Incision ◽  
Spherical Motor ◽  
External Driving

In single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS), because the laparoscope and other surgical instruments share the same incision, the interferences between them constrain the dexterity of surgical instruments and affect the field of views of the laparoscope. Inspired by the structure of the spherical motor and the driving method of an intraocular micro robot, a fully inserted laparoscopic robot system is proposed, which consists of an inner laparoscopic robot and external driving device. The position and orientation control of the inner laparoscopic robot are controlled by a magnetic field generated by the driving device outside the abdominal wall. The instrumental interferences can be alleviated and better visual feedback can be obtained by keeping the laparoscopic robot away from the surgical incision. To verify the feasibility of the proposed structure and explore its control method, a prototype system is designed and fabricated. The electromagnetism model and the mechanical model of the laparoscopic robot system are established. Finally, the translational, rotational, and deflection motion of the laparoscopic robot are demonstrated in practical experiment, and the accuracy of deflection motion of the laparoscopic robot is verified in open-loop condition.

scholarly journals Carebots

2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (09) ◽  
pp. S8-S13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thiago Marinho ◽  
Christopher Widdowson ◽  
Amy Oetting ◽  
Arun Lakshmanan ◽  
Hang Cui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Human Perception ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Comfort Level ◽  
Robot System ◽  
Perceived Safety ◽  
High Level ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Flying Robots

This article demonstrates a multidisciplinary approach that proposes to augment future caregiving by prolonged independence of older adults. The human–robot system allows the elderly to cooperate with small flying robots through an appropriate interface. ASPIRE provides a platform where high-level controllers can be designed to provide a layer of abstraction between the high-level task requests, the perceptual needs of the users, and the physical demands of the robotic platforms. With a robust framework that has the capability to account for human perception and comfort level, one can provide perceived safety for older adults, and further, add expressively that facilitates communication and interaction continuously throughout the stimulation. The proposed framework relies on an iterative process of low-level controllers design through experimental data collected from psychological trials. Future work includes the exploration of multiple carebots to cooperatively assist in caregiving tasks based on human-centered design approach.

A Trichrome RGB Endoillumination Prototype System: A Novel Application for Chromovitrectomy

2013 ◽  
Vol 230 (s2) ◽  
pp. 73-76
Author(s):  
Sandeep Saxena ◽  
Carsten H. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Prototype System ◽  
System A
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