Abstract-In the paper we present the conceptual idea of scalable robotic service cores for a simplified and rapid deployment of ambient assisted living environments. We situate our approach in between fully networked homes on the one hand and smart artifacts on the other end of the scale. We elaborate on the multi dimensional interdisciplinary challenges that need to be addressed for successful future pervasive health care systems. We illustrate our approach at the instance of a functional scale model of an example for a robotic service core and situate it in the body of research in the dimensions health care, architecture, design, society, culture and pervasive computing. Keywords-Pervasive Healthcare, Ambient Assisted Living, Service Units I. As shown in many analyses and studies, an extended stay of elderly people in an appropriate and with assistive technologies equipped home environment is less costly, and in most cases also more effective than a stationary stay in a care or nursing facility. The continuance of activity in naturally grown environments and social networks helps effectively to prevent somatic, motor, mental and social disorders, when customized and personalized health environments meeting multiple requirements are installed around the care receivers. Moreover, local governments and especially the housing industry are interested in elderly people living in their homes supported by integrated sets of classical methods and pervasive technologies in order to keep up the related value creation and to establish new value systems. By our work, we wish to contribute to this important societal goal. The challenges of facilitating independent living at home with integrated sets of methods and technologies require a holistic and interdisciplinary approach, including experts from the domains of medical science, architecture, design, robotics, computer science, electrical engineering, human-computer interaction and the housing industry. The remainder of the paper is structured as follows: in Sec. II we discuss the domain challenges at the example of the robotic service cores. We continue in Sec. III with the presentation of the instance of a modem, state-of-the-art example of an implementation of a pervasive health system. We present the current state of the demonstrator in Sec. IV: The paper is concluded in Sec. V. with an outlook on future research activities targeted at the development and deployment of the system for future field studies. The discussion of related work is included in the individual sections of this work.
A conceptual approach to the use of scalable robotic systems for the development of assisted living environments proposes the use of embedded systems of the Arduino platform and Ethernet technology REF .
Robotic service cores for ambient assisted living
2010 4th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare
2010 4th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare
Computer Science