Prospects of Robots in Assisted Living Environment
From caretaking activities for elderly people to being assistive in healthcare setup, mobile and non-mobile robots have the potential to be highly applicable and serviceable. The ongoing pandemic has shown that human-to-human contact in healthcare institutions and senior homes must be limited. In th...
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| author | Safdar Mahmood Kwame Owusu Ampadu Konstantinos Antonopoulos Christos Panagiotou Sergio Andres Pertuz Mendez Ariel Podlubne Christos Antonopoulos Georgios Keramidas Michael Hübner Diana Goehringer Nikolaos Voros |
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| description | From caretaking activities for elderly people to being assistive in healthcare setup, mobile and non-mobile robots have the potential to be highly applicable and serviceable. The ongoing pandemic has shown that human-to-human contact in healthcare institutions and senior homes must be limited. In this scenario, elderlies and immunocompromised individuals must be exclusively protected. Robots are a promising way to overcome this problem in assisted living environments. In addition, the advent of AI and machine learning will pave a way for intelligent robots with cognitive abilities, while enabling them to be more aware of their surroundings. In this paper, we discuss the general perspectives, potential research opportunities, and challenges arising in the area of robots in assisted living environments and present our research work pertaining to certain application scenarios, i.e., robots in rehabilitation and robots in hospital environments and pandemics, which, in turn, exhibits the growing prospects and interdisciplinary nature of the field of robots in assisted living environment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e24a26e952c647dd97c1b7257b264aa52023-11-22T10:29:22ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922021-08-011017206210.3390/electronics10172062Prospects of Robots in Assisted Living EnvironmentSafdar Mahmood0Kwame Owusu Ampadu1Konstantinos Antonopoulos2Christos Panagiotou3Sergio Andres Pertuz Mendez4Ariel Podlubne5Christos Antonopoulos6Georgios Keramidas7Michael Hübner8Diana Goehringer9Nikolaos Voros10Chair of Computer Engineering, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, 03046 Cottbus, GermanyChair of Computer Engineering, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, 03046 Cottbus, GermanyDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineer, University of Peloponnese, 263 34 Patra, GreeceDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineer, University of Peloponnese, 263 34 Patra, GreeceAdaptive Dynamic Systems Chair, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, GermanyAdaptive Dynamic Systems Chair, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, GermanyDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineer, University of Peloponnese, 263 34 Patra, GreeceSchool of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, GreeceChair of Computer Engineering, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, 03046 Cottbus, GermanyAdaptive Dynamic Systems Chair, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, GermanyDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineer, University of Peloponnese, 263 34 Patra, GreeceFrom caretaking activities for elderly people to being assistive in healthcare setup, mobile and non-mobile robots have the potential to be highly applicable and serviceable. The ongoing pandemic has shown that human-to-human contact in healthcare institutions and senior homes must be limited. In this scenario, elderlies and immunocompromised individuals must be exclusively protected. Robots are a promising way to overcome this problem in assisted living environments. In addition, the advent of AI and machine learning will pave a way for intelligent robots with cognitive abilities, while enabling them to be more aware of their surroundings. In this paper, we discuss the general perspectives, potential research opportunities, and challenges arising in the area of robots in assisted living environments and present our research work pertaining to certain application scenarios, i.e., robots in rehabilitation and robots in hospital environments and pandemics, which, in turn, exhibits the growing prospects and interdisciplinary nature of the field of robots in assisted living environment.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/17/2062robotsassisted living environment (ALE)healthcarerehabilitationmachine learning (ML)artificial intelligence (AI) |
| spellingShingle | Safdar Mahmood Kwame Owusu Ampadu Konstantinos Antonopoulos Christos Panagiotou Sergio Andres Pertuz Mendez Ariel Podlubne Christos Antonopoulos Georgios Keramidas Michael Hübner Diana Goehringer Nikolaos Voros Prospects of Robots in Assisted Living Environment Electronics robots assisted living environment (ALE) healthcare rehabilitation machine learning (ML) artificial intelligence (AI) |
| title | Prospects of Robots in Assisted Living Environment |
| title_full | Prospects of Robots in Assisted Living Environment |
| title_fullStr | Prospects of Robots in Assisted Living Environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prospects of Robots in Assisted Living Environment |
| title_short | Prospects of Robots in Assisted Living Environment |
| title_sort | prospects of robots in assisted living environment |
| topic | robots assisted living environment (ALE) healthcare rehabilitation machine learning (ML) artificial intelligence (AI) |
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