Title :
Development of a robotic pet based interactive home healthcare system
Author :
Ling, Qinghua ; Meng, Max Q.-H. ; Mei, Tao
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Acad. of Sci., Hefei, China
Abstract :
Using entertaining robotic pets in home healthcare monitoring is the new idea featured in our research project reported in this paper. The structure, features and control system of this system are presented, which can make sure that the robot pet reliably accomplishes the vital physiological data collection, data transmission and healthcare tasks with strong situation adaptability, low cost and high robustness.
Keywords :
entertainment; health care; patient care; patient monitoring; physiological models; robots; entertaining robotic pets; home healthcare monitoring; interactive home healthcare system; physiological data collection; physiological data transmission; Biomedical monitoring; Control systems; Costs; Data communication; Medical services; Positron emission tomography; Robots; Robust control;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Control and Automation, 2004. WCICA 2004. Fifth World Congress on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8273-0
DOI :
10.1109/WCICA.2004.1343800