The Robot ALIAS as a Database for Health Monitoring for Elderly People
Health plays an important role with increasing age, therefore keeping track of health data is a very essential task for elderly people. Many different Information and Communication Technology systems were developed to measure health data. We integrated a
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Abstract Health plays an important role with increasing age, therefore keeping track of health data is a very essential task for elderly people. Many different Information and Communication Technology systems were developed to measure health data. We integrated a health monitoring system on a mobile robotic platform, which is designed as communication platform for elderly people. To realize T. Rehrl (&) J. Geiger M. Golcar S. Gentsch J. Knobloch G. Rigoll Lehrstuhl für Mensch-Maschine-Kommunikation, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany e-mail: [email protected] J. Geiger e-mail: [email protected] M. Golcar e-mail: [email protected] S. Gentsch e-mail: [email protected] J. Knobloch e-mail: [email protected] G. Rigoll e-mail: [email protected] K. Scheibl W. Schneider S. Ihsen Gender Studies in Ingenieurwissenschaften, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany e-mail: [email protected] W. Schneider e-mail: [email protected] S. Ihsen e-mail: [email protected] F. Wallhoff Jade University of Applied Sciences, Oldenburg, Germany e-mail: [email protected]
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this health monitoring system on a robotic platform for elderly people, it is important to address their needs and wishes, therefore, a user survey was conducted to figure out important issues relevant for elderly people. Taking the outcome of the user survey into account and following a generic design principle, a health monitoring system was realized, which features sensor-based and manual input for single or multiple users. The system interaction is browser-based and allows remote access to the health data stored on the robotic platform for authorized persons.
1 Introduction The intended purpose of the AAL-Joint Programme project Adaptable Ambient LIving ASsistant (ALIAS) is the development of a mobile robotic platform (see Fig. 1), which should be able to interact with elderly people and thus offer assistance in their everyday life situations [1, 2]. Consequently, the robotic platform aims to support people living alone at home or even in residential homes for the elderly and prevent them from becoming lonely. ALIAS shall interact with elderly users, monitor them and provide social inclusion and assistance in the daily routine. One aspect of the project is health monitoring, thus, a database concept for health monitoring of vital functions was developed for the ALIAS robot. The ALIAS project has a user-centered design approach, therefore a user survey was conducted to determine important features of the database. The recorded vital functions were stored on the robotic platform, however, a remote access for the data is also possible, therefore a web-based approach for recording and visualizing the data was chosen.
Fig. 1 The ALIAS robot
The Robot ALIAS as a Database for Health Monitoring for Eld
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