Mobile Robots Could Help the Elderly Live Fuller Lives
From: Wireless Design & Development - 09/29/2015

Mobile service robots developed by computer scientists at the University of
Lincoln, UK, could soon be helping elderly people stay independent and active
for longer.

A new international project will test the ability of robots to support our
ageing populations by assisting residents of care homes in three European
countries.

ENRICHME (ENabling Robot and assisted living environment for Independent Care
and Health Monitoring of the Elderly) will see service robots integrated with
smarthomes – residences which incorporate advanced automation systems to
provide inhabitants with sophisticated monitoring and control functions - in
order to provide round-the-clock feedback to carers and health professionals.
This will enable people with mild cognitive impairments to live more
independently, and the robots will also help with activities that can improve
quality of life, such as exercise and social visits.

The project, which includes artificial intelligence and robotics experts at
the University of Lincoln's School of Computer Science, will include a
large-scale evaluation where robots will be deployed within the extra-care
homes of LACE Housing Association in the UK, to care homes in Greece and to
elderly people's own homes in Poland, for one year.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/news/2015/09/mobile-robots-could-help-elderly-live-fuller-lives

Links:
ENRICHME
http://www.enrichme.eu

Nicola Bellotto
http://webpages.lincoln.ac.uk/nbellotto