DocumentCode
651039
Title
Kitchen extension robot module for elderly housing
Author
Wada, Kazuyoshi ; Tanaka, T. ; Suganuma, Yusuke ; Hashimoto, Mime ; Suzuki, Takumi
Author_Institution
Dept. of Syst. Design, Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., Hino, Japan
fYear
2013
fDate
Oct. 30 2013-Nov. 2 2013
Firstpage
378
Lastpage
382
Abstract
Recently, public housing are rebuilt for the elderly in the center of a city. The main purposes of rebuilding are flatting floors, installation of handrails, and expansion of bathroom and toilet for people using wheelchair. Because giving priority to them, spaces for kitchen and dining room are very limited. The kitchen doesn´t have enough cooking and storage space; and dining room doesn´t have space for dining table. In this study, we propose a robot module that can expand spaces for cooking, store electric appliances, cooking tools and tableware, and transform into the dining table.
Keywords
architecture; assisted living; buildings (structures); geriatrics; intelligent structures; service robots; bathroom expansion; cooking space; cooking tools; dining room; dining table; elderly housing; electric appliances; flatting floors; handrail installation; kitchen extension robot module; public housing; rebuilding; storage space; tableware; toilet expansion; wheelchair; Architectural Furniture; Intelligent Space; Smart Variable Space;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence (URAI), 2013 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Jeju
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-1195-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/URAI.2013.6677292
Filename
6677292
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