Project description DEENESFRITPL Smart shopping for persons with disabilities People with disabilities are the world’s largest minority. In the EU, up to 80 million people experience some form of disability or long-lasting health problems. Even though they are an important part of society, they still face obstacles in various aspects of their daily life. Shopping is one of them. The existing assistive technologies (from wheelchairs to hearing/visual aids) offer ways to mitigate the resulting social inequalities, but shopping creates specific complex obstacles. The EU-funded WiiGO project will fill this gap with the first autonomous, self-driven, robotic device, helping disabled persons with their purchases. It uses the latest technologies, including image recognition software, machine learning and artificial intelligence, to analyse the user’s lifestyle and perform personal preferences. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Smart and inclusive mobility is important in many societal contexts. People with reduced mobility are proven to be one of the most neglected groups in society. They experience accessibility problems and difficulties in performing routine tasks on a daily basis. For example, what may be a simple activity to many, such as shopping, can become very complex and time consuming.The WiiGO is an autonomous and self-driven device that follows a specific user or can be programmed to move independently. The robotic system uses the latest technology in image recognition, machine learning and artificial intelligence so that it can track users while identifying and avoiding any obstacle in its way. By functioning as an autonomous shopping cart, the developed solution supports users with reduced mobility, reducing their reliance on other people to help them with day-to-day activities. Given its autonomy and its capacity to guide and record information, the WiiGO is a flexible system that can lend itself to many applications.Within the overall project, Follow Inspiration intend to optimise the functional design, conduct pilot tests, demonstrating the WiiGO in different retail environments, and fully establish the commercialisation strategy. Fields of science social sciencessocial geographytransportsocial aspects of transportsocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness modelssocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemploymentengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticsnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learning Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.4. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport Main Programme H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument Topic(s) SMEInst-10-2016-2017 - Small business innovation research for Transport and Smart Cities Mobility Call for proposal H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017 Funding Scheme SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1 Coordinator FOLLOW INSPIRATION SA Net EU contribution € 50 000,00 Address Mercado abastecedor da cova da beira zona industrial do fundao lote 154 6230 483 Fundao Portugal See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Continente Centro (PT) Beiras e Serra da Estrela Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 21 429,00
