Intelligent modular service mobile robot ROBCO 12 for elderly and disabled persons care

Author

Chivarov, Nayden ; Shivarov, Stefan ; Yovchev, Kaloyan ; Chikurtev, Denis ; Shivarov, Nedko

Author_Institution

Inst. of Syst. Eng. & Robot., Sofia, Bulgaria

fYear

2014

fDate

3-5 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

ROBCO 12 is an Intelligent Modular Service Mobile Robot for Elderly and/or Disabled Persons Care. This robot will “live” in the home of the elderly and/or disabled person and help him/her 24 hours a day. It will be able to remind him/her to take medications, it will serve food and drinks, will turn on/off electronic devices, will alert when his/her health is getting worse and will connect to his physician, relatives or with the emergency services telephone 112.

Keywords

emergency services; geriatrics; handicapped aids; intelligent robots; medical robotics; mobile robots; patient care; service robots; ROBCO 12; disabled persons care; elderly care; emergency services; health alert; intelligent modular service mobile robot; medications; Artificial intelligence; Computers; Mobile robots; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems; Wheels; Intelligent Modular Service Mobile Robot System; Microsoft Robotics Studio; ROS; Robco 12; User Interface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region (RAAD), 2014 23rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Smolenice

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-6797-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RAAD.2014.7002238

Filename

7002238