Mobility and Activity Assistance Systems for the Disabled

Información del proyecto

MOVAID

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 1270

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de inicio 1 Febrero 1994

Fecha de finalización 31 Enero 1997

Financiado con arreglo a

• Technology initiative (EEC) for disabled and elderly people (TIDE), 1993-1994

Coste total

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Aportación de la UE

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Coordinado por

Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna
Italy

Objetivo

MOVAID involves the development of a multi-functional robotic assistance system for residential care.

MOVAID seeks to offer all users, but especially the disabled and older user, greater comfort and enjoyment in accessing non-specialised, consumer products. This will be achieved by taking two different (but related) approaches: severely disabled or bed-ridden users will be catered for by the development of a multi-purpose, modular robotic assistance system, which will give users access to consumer products via activity workstations; the majority of users will be catered for by the development of dedicated interfaces for consumer products. The MOVAID philosophy starts from the premise that, when facing technology, all users are disabled.

During the lifetime of the project, a variety of software and hardware will be delivered, including: design and technical guidelines for robotic systems and for interfaces for kitchen appliances; a mobile unit equipped with a robot arm, a vision system and an automatic navigation system; two activity workstations; and a range of friendly, modular, and expandable user interfaces (possibly M3S-based) suitable for all users of kitchen appliances or robotic systems.

Technical Approach : There are four main innovative aspects of the project. The first is that MOVAID will take a dual approach to the needs of all potential users (the robotic system and the dedicated interfaces). The second is that the robotic system will be modular and mobile, allowing it to combine with activity workstations (this will reduce costs for users). The third is that the focus of the project will be on the satisfaction and pleasure of interaction, not only on efficiency and effectiveness. And the fourth is that MOVAID technology will make new appliances (i.e. new products already under development which will appear on the market in the next two-five years) more accessible to all users.

The project will start from a deep analysis of user requirements and from the development of possible scenarios regarding household use. The outcome of this initial stage, will be the basis for the definition of the preliminary technical specifications of MOVAID. A critical design review with users will lead to final design requirements and to the implementation of the various sub-systems and components. Then the whole MOVAID system will be integrated and tested. Finally, user trials will take place in Italy, France and Switzerland with a variety of potential end users, ranging from elderly and moderately disabled users to severely disabled users.

Impact and Expected Results : The main results from the MOVAID project can be summarised as follows:

- to produce an integrated system for residential care, which includes activities related to food preparation, which can not only increase the level of independence of a disabled or elderly user but also can optimise their interaction with technical aids by maximising ease and satisfaction of use;
- to provide the large and small enterprises participating in the project with accurate information regarding user needs;
- to help the partners of the consortium involved in robotis to learn how to transfer some of the fundamental qualities of consumer products into robotic systems. This will be achieved by including satisfaction, comfort and aesthetic considerations in system design, and in interaction and interface design;
- to exploit the growing market in food preparation products by developing interfaces for new kitchen appliances;
- to exploit the industrial opportunity of reducing the cost of robotics. This will be achieved through the creation of distributed systems, in which light (reduced function) robots can be combined with 'smart' appliances.

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Programa(s)

• HS-TIDE 1 - Technology initiative (EEC) for disabled and elderly people (TIDE), 1993-1994

Tema(s)

• 4.2 - Robotics systems

Convocatoria de propuestas

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Régimen de financiación

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinador

Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: Via Carducci 40 ; 56127 Pisa ; Italia
• Coste total: Sin datos

Participantes (9)

Biomedical Transeuropean Association for Training

Grecia

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
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Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA)

Francia

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Coste total: Sin datos

Domus Academy

Italia

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: Strada 2 Edificio C Milanofiori ; 20094 Assago Milano
• Coste total: Sin datos

Fondation Suisse pour les Téléthèses

Suiza

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Coste total: Sin datos

Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)

Francia

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: 395 avenue des Moulins ; 34090 Montpellier
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Philips CID

Países Bajos

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
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Scienzia Machinale s.r.l.

Italia

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
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Università degli Studi di Ancona

Italia

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: Via Brecce Bianche 65 ; 60131 Ancona
• Coste total: Sin datos

Università degli Studi di Genova

Italia

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: Genova
• Coste total: Sin datos