Descrizione del progetto
Migliorare un assistente robot indossabile per bambini affetti da DSA
La ricerca nel campo dei disturbi dello spettro autistico (DSA) è importante in quanto la condizione colpisce 1 neonato su 10 nei paesi sviluppati. Una precedente ricerca finanziata dall’UE ha sviluppato un prototipo di assistente robot indossabile, chiamato PlusMe, per il trattamento e il supporto quotidiano dei DSA. Il progetto IM-TWIN, finanziato dall’UE, ora punta a fornire PlusMe di un comportamento intelligente, a dotarlo di biosensori e videocamere integrati extra per rilevare lo stato affettivo del bambino e a integrare tutti i componenti in un sistema di Internet delle cose, chiamato anch’esso IM-TWIN. Convaliderà inoltre il dispositivo e i suoi componenti con i soggetti interessati e svolgerà attività per promuovere i componenti del sistema ad un livello di maturità tecnologica superiore. Il lavoro del progetto aiuterà a rispondere alle esigenze dei centri di terapia DSA e delle famiglie con bambini affetti da DSA.
Obiettivo
The IM-TWIN project aims to develop some of the outcomes of the FET GOAL-Robots project towards market exploitation. The basic-research FET GOAL-Robots project aimed to study how intrinsic motivations (“curiosity”) drive exploration and learning in children, and how such processes can be used to develop innovative autonomous robots. This led to conceive the idea that intrinsic motivations can be used to build engaging interactive robots usable for the treatment of children with developmental disorders, in particular within the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). ASD is a condition with dramatic importance for the well-being of society as it affects about 1 out of 10 newborns in developed countries. We thus developed a “wearable companion robot”, usable for the treatment and daily support of ASD, called PlusMe, now at the stage of prototype. The IM-TWIN project has two sets of objectives. The first is to develop a highly-modular system pivoting on the PlusMe, called the IM-TWIN, addressing the needs of the market segment involving ASD therapy centres and, potentially, families with ASD children: this involves endowing the PlusMe with intelligent behaviour, equipping it with additional embedded biosensors and cameras for detecting the child’s affective/emotional state, and integrating all components as a whole IoT system. The second set of objectives aims to validate the device and its components with target stakeholders, and to carry out a number of activities directed to advance the system components to a higher Technological Readiness Level (TRL7 for the PlusMe): this involves identifying the target groups and analysing ASD-related markets, refining and implementing an effective IPR strategy, planning the steps for individual and collective exploitation of the project outcomes, and finally creating a startup for the exploitation of the IM-TWIN system and its components. IM-TWIN will also foster the development of a lively high-tech research and application ecosystem.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsbiosensors
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetinternet of things
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensors
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticsautonomous robots
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
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H2020-EIC-FETPROACT-2019
Meccanismo di finanziamento
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinatore
00185 Roma
Italia