Reference number : GC-2017-Q1-00564, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Little, James (The University of British Columbia), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : British Columbia|Colombie-Britannique, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Plus Grants for Universities, program name french : Subvention d'engagement partenarial Plus pour les universités, program purpose english : The overarching vision of this project is to design and build a collaborative service robot that will help people_x000D_
with developmental disabilities reach their personal goals and achieve greater independence, using existing and_x000D_
new technologies. This will allow JDQ Systems Inc. to advance the type of services provided to_x000D_
developmentally disabled people and their caregivers in a group home environment._x000D_
The aim of continuing this project in particular is to improve the accuracy and safety of the autonomous robot_x000D_
navigation in a group home environment. This requires increasing the precision of localizing the robot in the_x000D_
group home, navigating on the map, and identification and avoidance of inanimate and human obstacles._x000D_
Delivering such a service robot will improve the scale of services provided to developmentally disabled people_x000D_
economically. It also reduces the burden of repetitive tasks on the caregivers and frees up their time to focus on_x000D_
other tasks that robots cannot do well at present. Developing such a technology for JDQ Systems Inc. paves the_x000D_
way to achieve greater goals that will result in continual improvement of support services accompanied with_x000D_
continual attention to the efficient use of limited financial resources. Achieving the goals of this project also_x000D_
allows to investigate the growing problems and opportunities in the health and elder care sectors that will_x000D_
manifest in Canadian society as our population ages., program purpose french : The overarching vision of this project is to design and build a collaborative service robot that will help people_x000D_
with developmental disabilities reach their personal goals and achieve greater independence, using existing and_x000D_
new technologies. This will allow JDQ Systems Inc. to advance the type of services provided to_x000D_
developmentally disabled people and their caregivers in a group home environment._x000D_
The aim of continuing this project in particular is to improve the accuracy and safety of the autonomous robot_x000D_
navigation in a group home environment. This requires increasing the precision of localizing the robot in the_x000D_
group home, navigating on the map, and identification and avoidance of inanimate and human obstacles._x000D_
Delivering such a service robot will improve the scale of services provided to developmentally disabled people_x000D_
economically. It also reduces the burden of repetitive tasks on the caregivers and frees up their time to focus on_x000D_
other tasks that robots cannot do well at present. Developing such a technology for JDQ Systems Inc. paves the_x000D_
way to achieve greater goals that will result in continual improvement of support services accompanied with_x000D_
continual attention to the efficient use of limited financial resources. Achieving the goals of this project also_x000D_
allows to investigate the growing problems and opportunities in the health and elder care sectors that will_x000D_
manifest in Canadian society as our population ages., agreement title english : Autonomous robot navigation in a group home environment of developmentally disabled_x000D_
people, agreement title french : Autonomous robot navigation in a group home environment of developmentally disabled_x000D_
people, agreement number : EGP2, agreement value : 10000.0, agreement start date : 2017-06-14, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year. (2017-2018 to 2018-2019), additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier. (2017-2018 à 2018-2019), owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada