Objective The main goal of the proposed project is to provide an answer to the demographic change challenge, through knowledge transfer and the creation of strategic synergies between the project’s participating academia and industry regarding the development of an integrated Social Robotics system (SocialRobot) for “Ageing Well”.The work focuses on bringing together the Robotic and Computer Science fields by integrating state of the art Robotic and Virtual Social Care Communities technologies and services to provide solutions to key issues of relevance for improved independent living and quality of life of elderly people and efficiency of care.The SocialRobot development will be based on a “human centred approach” in which the elderly individual needs and requirements are met. The project will give the opportunity to participating SMEs with excellent credit in their domain and peripheral European regions, to reach excellence and compete with innovative products in the elderly care market, at European and International level.The major challenges to be addressed in the project include the adaptation of state of the art robotic mobile platforms and their integration with a virtual collaborative social network to provide:Detection of individual needs and requirements related to ageing (e.g. physical mobility limitations or/and cognitive decline), and provision of support through timely involvement of care teams, consisting of different groups of people (family members, neighbors, friends) that collaborate dynamically and virtually; means independently of time and their physical locations; Behavior analysis to adapt social relationships and contexts of the elderly people as they age.Navigate indoors and unstructured environments and provide affective and empathetic user-robotic interaction, taking into account the capabilities of and acceptance by elderly users. Fields of science social sciencessociologydemographynatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringrobotics Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IAPP - Marie Curie Action: "Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IAPP See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-IAPP - Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) Coordinator UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA Address Paco das escolas 3004-531 Coimbra Portugal See on map Region Continente Centro (PT) Região de Coimbra Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jorge Dias (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS Cyprus EU contribution € 151 711,00 Address Avenue panepistimiou 2109 aglantzi 1678 Nicosia See on map Region Κύπρος Κύπρος Κύπρος Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact George Samaras (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data CITARD SERVICES LTD Cyprus EU contribution € 402 651,00 Address Odos evrytanias 1 f 1a 2064 Strovolos See on map Region Κύπρος Κύπρος Κύπρος Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Eleni Christodoulou (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data IDMIND - ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS LDA Portugal EU contribution € 254 807,00 Address Estrada do paco do lumiar - polo tecnologico de lisboa lote 1 1600546 Lisboa See on map Region Continente Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Paulo Alvito (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
