Synergy of Distributed Agents in a Smart Home to Promote Physical Activity in Elderly Users

G. S. Martins, F. J. Pais, R. P. Rocha and P Menezes

In Proc. of IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018), Workshop on Robots for Assisted Living, Madrid, Spain, Oct. 5, 2018.

Abstract

This paper proposes a smart environment system aimed at promoting physical activity in elderly people, one of the three key dimensions of active and healthy aging. The system is based on the collaboration between a smart environment and two interaction devices – a social robot and an avatar. The system automatically detects sedentary behavior, promotes physical exercise through verbal interaction, and instructs and accompanies the user while performing the exercise. Pilot tests conducted with 30 users, 4 of which elderly, demonstrate: i) the system’s synergistic relationship between the environment’s sensors and interaction devices, ii) that the users find the system usable and acceptable, iii) how the proposed system’s innovative technical features can be used to help elderly people remain physically active.

Index Terms — Distributed social agents; social robot; avatar; ambient assisted living; active and healthy aging.

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@INPROCEEDINGS(Martins_et_al_18,

AUTHOR = "Martins, G. S. and Pais, F. J. and Rocha, R. P. and Menezes, P.",

TITLE = "Synergy of Distributed Agents in a Smart Home to Promote Physical Activity in Elderly Users",

BOOKTITLE = "Proc. of IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018), Workshop on Robots for Assisted Living",

ADDRESS = "Madrid, Spain",

YEAR = "2018",

MONTH = "Oct."

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