Enhancing the Autonomy of Disabled Persons: Assistive Technologies Directed by User Feedback

Nicolas Ragot (1, 2) , Annemarie Kokosy (3) , Ouiddad Labbani-Igbida (4) , Patricia Sajous (5) , Huosheng Hu (6) , Kostas Sirlantzis (7) , Matthew Pepper (8)

1 Pôle Instrumentation, Informatique et Systèmes
2 IRSEEM - Institut de Recherche en Systèmes Electroniques Embarqués
3 LAGIS - Laboratoire d'Automatique, Génie Informatique et Signal
4 XLIM-SRI - Systèmes et Réseaux Intelligents
5 IDEES - Identité et Différenciation de l’Espace, de l’Environnement et des Sociétés
6 CSEE - School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering [Essex]
7 School of Engineering and Digital Arts
8 EKHUFT - East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Europe faces a major and growing healthcare problem due to increase in population, increasing longevity and an aging population with disability. Such dependent, elderly, disabled and vulnerable persons, are concerned since they wish to live at home as long as possible. This aspiration is also shared by national policies and communities across EU. To ensure the optimum care of dependent people, innovative solutions are encouraged to maintain independent life style. This paper outlines two projects, SYSIASS and COALAS, which aim to develop a set of technology based solutions to meet the needs and empower these people by enhancing mobility and communication.

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]; Automatique / Robotique

Nicolas Ragot, Annemarie Kokosy, Ouiddad Labbani-Igbida, Patricia Sajous, Huosheng Hu, et al.. Enhancing the Autonomy of Disabled Persons: Assistive Technologies Directed by User Feedback. International Conference on Emerging Security Technologies (EST), Sep 2013, Cambridge, United Kingdom. pp.71--74, ⟨10.1109/EST.2013.20⟩. ⟨hal-00925190⟩