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This paper describes Cybi, an inexpensive smart companion mobile robot for elderly and disabled people. The software architecture that enables users to perform telepresence and teleoperation tasks with Cybi is based on combining Cloud Computing technologies and Fuzzy Logic. On one hand, the robot can be remotely teleoperated from a thin client by executing a specific module of a distributed software...
An electronic -- mechanical game was developed for elderly and disabled people so that they could have an enjoyable way to train their cognitive functions. Because our players were not familiar with electronic games, we proposed constraints and requirements to the game so that they were able to play the game and were willing to play repeatedly. Here, we describe our proposed game, gIkiiki-pom,h...
Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) is an emerging bundle of technologies and services that has been specially conceived to support disabled and elderly people to be more autonomous in their daily life. Support for mobility is a key aspect in AAL, and makes elderly people feel very independent and socially integrated. This paper describes an AAL solution to support elderly people outside home: provides...
In this paper we propose totally flexible organic field effect transistors (OFETs) assembled on plastic films as sensors for mechanical variables. In the first part, mechanical sensors for pressure and bending detection are presented. A sharp and reversible sensitivity of the output current of the device to an elastic deformation induced by means of a mechanical stimulus on the device channel has...
This paper proposes a novel regenerative braking control system of electric wheelchairs for senior citizen. ldquoElectric powered wheelchairrdquo, which generates the driving force by electric motors according to the human operation, is expected to be widely used as a mobility support system for elderly people. This study focuses on the braking control to realize the safety and smooth stopping motion...
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