European Researchers Study Social Robots for Elderly Assistance
From: Orebro University - 05/01/2012

About 25 European researchers are meeting at Orebro University to design
robots that can help improve the quality of life for the elderly, their
families, and care givers. The event is part of the Robot-Era project, which
will integrate robots and smart environments to develop new technological
solutions for elderly assistance. The researchers are developing a domestic
robot to provide day-to-day assistance in the home, an outdoor robot to help
with tasks while on the go such as carrying goods and providing directions,
and a condominium robot to help with tasks such as carrying heavy groceries
from the street into the home or taking out the garbage. The robots will
cooperate with each other and the smart environment to manage complex tasks
together. Robot-Era is pursuing a distributed solution in order to make the
system affordable and acceptable for users. The European Commission is
funding the project, which runs from January 2012 through December 2015. The
project includes researchers from Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany, and
Sweden. 

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Links:
Robot-Era
http://www.robot-era.eu/robotera/

AASS Cognitive Robotic Systems Laboratory of the University of Orebro
http://www.oru.se/Forskning/Forskningsmiljoer/miljo/Centrum-for-tillampade-autonoma-sensorsystem-AASS/Links-from-AASS-main---SV/Cognitive-Robotic-Systems-Laboratory/

Alessandro Saffiotti
http://www.aalforum.eu/profile/AlessandroSaffiotti