An open agent-based home automation system

Brink, M Michiel; Jessurun, A.J.; Franchimon, F Francesco; Bronswijk, J.E.M.H. van

doi:10.4017/gt.2008.07.02.016.00

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“…The ideal network should be based on existing technology: intelligent software agents, fully distributed intelligence, SOA, UPnP, and should support multiple standards and protocols. Development of such a system is currently in the simulation phase to be followed by testing in a housing project 34 . This approach combines functionalities and applications from different technologies to perform more effectively in providing the best environment for aging individuals, while reducing the burden of care.…”

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“…In the previous Framework Programme (FP6), this topic was addressed in the Information Society Technology area, and one of the supported research activities in this area was the 'Amigo' project 30 , that aimed at integrating technologies by following the Service Orientation Architecture paradigm, in which software developed as services are delivered and consumed on demand. Several research projects in different technologies have used software agents (task-performing software components that are autonomous, not requiring other software components) 31 , in home automation [32][33][34] and in telemedicine 35,36 .…”

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Matching technologies of home automation, robotics, assistance, geriatric telecare and telemedicine

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2009

Gerontechnology

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R e v i e w Buckheit 1 has suggested that the impact of the ageing society could be of greater concern than the current financial crisis. The ratio of persons 65+ years of age to the labour force (15-64 years) will rise from 25% in 2005 to 31% in 2020 and further increase to 52% in 2050 2. Since the absolute number of registered nurses is expected to remain constant 3 , an enormous pressure on the health care sector will result. Most gerontechnologies are developed for functional compensation and assistance to ease the burden on the care sector 4. In this study we address home automation 5 , robotics 6 , assistive technology 7 , geriatric telecare and telemedicine 8 (Table 1). These technologies have long histories of use supporting the aging society by improving the quality of life of older persons through ICT (Information and Communication Technology) 5-8. More than ten years ago Healy 9 argued that ICT would change health care, even then telematics was found to be cost effective in terms of time, money, quality and accessibility. Currently, most home automation, robotics, assistive technology, geriatric telecare, and telemedicine systems are stand-alone, having no operational dependencies on other systems. These technologies have individual taxonomies, methods, protocols and standards that may not integrate easily. Nevertheless, there exists a huge conceptual overlap between the intended functionality of apparently similar systems. For example, tracking people with ultra wideband (UWB) sen

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Matching technologies of home automation, robotics, assistance, geriatric telecare and telemedicine

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2009

Gerontechnology

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“…This can be considered as a specialisation within domotics where for example multimodal interfaces (gestures, text, voice and haptic devices) are used to interact with the domotic system. In [15] a Jade-based system is presented that has been developed to support elderly people. In that publication the authors also promote the use of open standards and open systems to make interoperability possible.…”

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Agents in Domestic Environments

Moergestel

Langerak

Meyer

2013

2013 19th International Conference on Control Systems and Computer Science

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This paper describes an agent-based architecture for domotics. This architecture is based on requirements about expandability and hardware independence. The heart of the system is a multi-agent system. This system is distributed over several platforms to open the possibility to tie the agents directly to the actuators, sensors and devices involved. This way a level of abstraction is created and all intelligence of the system as a whole is related to the agents involved. A proof of concept has been built and functions as expected. By implementing real and simulated devices and an easy to use graphical interface, all kind of compositions can be studied using this platform.

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