Title :
Robotic pet based interactive home healthcare system
Author :
Ling, Qing-hua ; Meng, Max Q H ; Mei, Tao
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Intelligence Machines, Chinese Acad. of Sci., Hefei
Abstract :
Using entertaining robotic pets in home healthcare monitoring system is the new idea featured in our research project reported in this paper. The structure, features and control system of this home healthcare system are presented. Hybrid evolutionary control architecture that have the virtues of both AI-based and behavior-based control architecture is proposed. The designed architecture endows the robot with the ability of learning, adaptation, quick reactive speed and rationality, also with the ability of achieving given tasks. The design of home healthcare system makes sure that the robotic pet reliably accomplishes the vital physiological data collection, data transmission and healthcare tasks with strong situation adaptability, low costs and high robustness. The system can be applied at home to masters suffering from chronic diseases, to handicapped masters, and also to fragile elderly masters
Keywords :
adaptive control; condition monitoring; geriatrics; handicapped aids; health care; intelligent robots; learning (artificial intelligence); medical robotics; patient monitoring; physiology; robust control; AI-based control architecture; adaptation ability; behavior-based control architecture; chronically sick masters; data transmission; entertaining robotic pets; fragile elderly masters; handicapped masters; healthcare tasks; hybrid evolutionary control architecture; interactive home healthcare monitoring system; learning ability; low costs; quick reactive speed; rationality; robustness; situation adaptability; vital physiological data collection; Biomedical monitoring; Control systems; Costs; Data communication; Diseases; Medical services; Positron emission tomography; Robots; Robustness; Senior citizens;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics. Proceedings, 2005 IEEE/ASME International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9047-4
DOI :
10.1109/AIM.2005.1511076