Robotic Project to Assist the Elderly
From: Medical Design Technology - 05/07/2015

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers received a grant for a
project to advance assistive robotics that will help the elderly complete
everyday tasks.

The goal of the project, "Follow Me: Proxemics and Responsiveness for
Following Tasks in Adaptive Assistive Robotics," is to advance "robotic
adaptive person-following" algorithms (APFA) to include concepts from
human-human interaction. The aim is to develop robots that are highly
individualized to the special needs of each elderly user. It will focus on
improving older users' well-being and generate guidelines for future users'
attentive robotic assistants.

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http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/05/robotic-project-assist-elderly

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