The H2020 RAMCIP project Developing a service robot for MCI patients at home

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1 Robotic Assistant for MCI patients at home H2020-PHC RIA The H2020 RAMCIP project Developing a service robot for MCI patients at home Dr. Dimitrios Tzovaras RAMCIP Coordinator Director of the Information Technologies Institute Centre for Research and Technology Hellas CERTH-ITI ERF 2017 Workshop on the past, present and future of European assistive service robotics Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 23 March 2017

2 RAMCIP at a glance RAMCIP: Robotic Assistant for MCI Patients at home Research and Innovation Action (RIA) Horizon 2020 PHC Advancing active and healthy ageing with ICT: Service robotics within assisted living environments Contract Nr: Start date: 1/1/2015 Duration: 3 years Consortium: 8 partners from 6 countries 2

3 The RAMCIP consortium Research centre University University Research centre SME University Non-profit organisation SME 3

4 RAMCIP Rationale - motivation Research and development of a novel home robotic assistant system for older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and at early stages of dementia (AD) Ageing is typically associated with physical and cognitive decline Alters the way an older person moves around the house, manipulates objects and senses the environment Negative effects on the capacity of older persons to execute daily home activities on their own o Magnified by MCI and its evolution into dementia Dementia is one of the major causes of disability and dependency among older people (WHO) 35.6 million people have dementia and there are 7.7 million new cases every year (worldwide prevalence estimates) 4

5 Vision of future service robots The RAMCIP vision is of future service robots capable of: Providing safe, proactive and discreet assistance in a series of significant aspects of the user s daily life From food preparation, medication and eating activities to managing the home and keeping it safe The robot should also assist the user to maintain positive affect and also exercise cognitive and physical skills o capacity embedded in their daily behaviour; i.e. providing such exercise subtly, by modifying the way they assist 5

6 RAMCIP Scope The RAMCIP project develops a novel service robot, capable to proactively assist the target older end users in a range of daily activities RAMCIP target end users: MCI and early AD patients Robot purpose: To facilitate the end user s daily activities Related to nutrition, medication, usage of electric appliances, socialization, as well as safe domestic locomotion Through: User activities monitoring and robot interventions To facilitate the user in corresponding tasks and help counteract for observed abnormalities to substitute the human caregiver for limited periods of time 6

7 Mobile base RAMCIP robot development Basic H/W components Mobile platform with torque interface to the drives that make compliant mobile manipulation possible Elevation mechanism allowing the robot to reach objects at increased height. Developed by ACCREA Robotic Arm Suitable for application in the household and phri Developed by ACCREA Robotic Hand Developed by SHADOW 7

8 RAMCIP Innovations Cognitive functions Based on user and home environment modelling and monitoring Robot decides when and how to assist the user in a proactive and discreet way Adaptive multimodal human robot communication interfaces Including empathic communication and augmented reality displays Dextrous and safe robotic manipulation capabilities Enabling grasping and manipulation of a variety of home objects and safe physical HRI 8

9 The RAMCIP use cases Emergency Fall detection Biosignals monitoring and abnormalities detection (brady/tachy-cardia) Gas/smoke detection Assistance in managing the home and keeping it safe Assist in turning off electric appliances (e.g. oven) Turning on the light (to facilitate safe locomotion) Detection of unknown persons / strangers Support in Medication/food supplements intake Taking medication/food supplement -reminders, bringing and monitoring 9

10 The RAMCIP use cases Support in food preparation Assistance upon detection of abnormalities related to electric appliances during cooking (e.g. fridge door left open) Proactive/on demand bringing of food ingredient (e.g. box of spaghetti or salt) or an utensil (e.g. a cup) Assistance (proactive/on demand) for fallen object Support in nutrition and hydration activities Proactive bringing of a bottle of water Support in socialization, positive affect and mental stimulation Communication with relatives and friends Provision of cognitive training programs 10

11 First version (V1) of RAMCIP robot Extended elevation mechanism Folded elevation mechanism 11

12 Acknowledgment RAMCIP This project has received funding from the European Union s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

13 For more information on RAMCIP RAMCIP Website: Follow us on ( RAMCIP at LinkedIn: 13

14 Thank you Dr. Dimitrios Tzovaras RAMCIP Coordinator Information Technologies Institute Centre for Research and Technology Hellas CERTH-ITI 14