Description du projet
Des achats intelligents pour les personnes atteintes d’un handicap
Les personnes souffrant de handicap représentent la plus importante minorité au monde. Dans l’UE, jusqu’à 80 millions de personnes sont atteintes d’une forme de handicap ou de problèmes de santé durables. Bien qu’elles constituent une part importante de la société, ces personnes sont toujours confrontées à des obstacles dans différents aspects de leur vie quotidienne. Faire des achats constitue l’un de ces obstacles. Les technologies d’assistance existantes (des fauteuils roulants aux aides auditives et visuelles) permettent d’atténuer les inégalités sociales que ces personnes rencontrent, mais faire des achats génère des obstacles particuliers et complexes. Le projet WiiGO, financé par l’UE, comblera cette lacune grâce au premier dispositif robotique automoteur et autonome destiné à aider les personnes handicapées à faire leurs achats. Il exploite les technologies les plus récentes, notamment un logiciel de reconnaissance d’image, l’apprentissage automatique et l’intelligence artificielle, pour analyser le mode de vie de l’utilisateur et déduire ses préférences personnelles.
Objectif
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.
Champ scientifique
- social sciencessocial geographytransportsocial aspects of transport
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemployment
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringrobotics
- natural 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
Thème(s)
Régime de financement
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinateur
6230 483 FUNDAO
Portugal
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.