An Exploratory Study on the Use of Social Companion Robot for Adults with Motor Disabilities

Malik, Sofianiza Abd; Aburahmah, Linah; Azuddin, Muna

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-98741-1_51

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“…The increasing isolation of the elderly both in their own homes and in care homes has made the problem of caring for elderly people who live alone an urgent priority [2]. However, for robotic assistive applications to be effective, they need to satisfy the particular needs of each user and be well-perceived [3]. A rising proportion of older people has more demand for services including hospitals, retirement homes, and assisted living facilities [4].…”

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“…Current technological innovations and developments have the potential to address some of the challenges in the care and support of older people [2]. Assistive technologies have been an important topic in both research and manufacturing industries in recent decades, with a focus on improving social interaction and supporting healthcare, business, education, and activities of daily living [3]. There are different types of assistive technologies such as assistive autonomous robots, self-driving vehicles, smart health applications, wearable devices with Artificial Intelligence (AI) support, novel drug release mechanisms, wearable diagnostics, voice-activated devices, virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, or building automation technologies in smart buildings [2].…”

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Using Interoperability between Mobile Robot and KNX Technology for Occupancy Monitoring in Smart Home Care

Vanus,

Hercik,

Bilik

2023

Sensors

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It is important for older and disabled people who live alone to be able to cope with the daily challenges of living at home. In order to support independent living, the Smart Home Care (SHC) concept offers the possibility of providing comfortable control of operational and technical functions using a mobile robot for operating and assisting activities to support independent living for elderly and disabled people. This article presents a unique proposal for the implementation of interoperability between a mobile robot and KNX technology in a home environment within SHC automation to determine the presence of people and occupancy of occupied spaces in SHC using measured operational and technical variables (to determine the quality of the indoor environment), such as temperature, relative humidity, light intensity, and CO2 concentration, and to locate occupancy in SHC spaces using magnetic contacts monitoring the opening/closing of windows and doors by indirectly monitoring occupancy without the use of cameras. In this article, a novel method using nonlinear autoregressive Neural Networks (NN) with exogenous inputs and nonlinear autoregressive is used to predict the CO2 concentration waveform to transmit the information from KNX technology to mobile robots for monitoring and determining the occupancy of people in SHC with better than 98% accuracy.

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Using Interoperability between Mobile Robot and KNX Technology for Occupancy Monitoring in Smart Home Care

Vanus,

Hercik,

Bilik

2023

Sensors

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Human–Robot Companionship: Current Trends and Future Agenda

Ahmed,

Buruk,

Hamari

2024

Int J of Soc Robotics

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The field of robotics has grown exponentially over the years, especially the social aspect, which has enabled robots to interact with humans meaningfully. Robots are now used in many domains, such as manufacturing, healthcare, education, entertainment, rehabilitation, etc. Along with their widespread usage in many real-life environments, robots have been used as companions to humans. With the increased amount of research done on human–robot companionship (HRC), it is important to understand how this domain is developing, in which direction, and what the future might hold. There is also a need to understand the influencing factors and what kind of empirical results are in the literature. To address these questions, we conducted a systematic literature review and analyzed a final number of 134 relevant articles. The findings suggest that anthropomorphic and zoomorphic robots are more popular as human companions, while there is a lack of interest in functional and caricatured robots. Also, human-like and animal-like features are implemented more in companion robots. Studies rarely exploit the mobility available in these robots in companionship scenarios, especially in outdoor settings. In addition to that, co-existence and co-performance-based implementation with humans have been observed rarely. Based on the results, we propose a future research agenda that includes thematic, theoretical, methodological, and technological agendas. This study will help us understand the current state and usage of robotic companions which will then potentially aid in determining how HRC can be leveraged and integrated more seamlessly into human lives for better effectiveness.

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