Abstract
The number of older adults is increasing much faster than the other age groups in the world. Especially in Japan, more and more older adult are becoming functionally independent. The smart home are appearing which provides comfort and monitors the life of the residents. However, when thinking about healthy older adults, there are two important points to take into account for the smart home: providing comfort and monitoring the position inside the house of the older adults on their daily life. This can also help their families giving them peace of mind. In this study, we designed a smart home system which includes low-cost sensor parts and a finger robot. This system can be used to control home appliances, such as air conditioners to keep the residents in a comfortable environment. Without the need of additional sensors only by using CO2 sensors, this system can provide information such as the room the resident is in, or if he/she is at home or not. As a result, we show a working system and the CO2 sensor is able to judge the position of the resident, and we are even able to understand the movement path of the resident.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2017 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 153-158 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Volume | 2018-January |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781538637418 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 Mar 23 |
Event | 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2017 - Macau, China Duration: 2017 Dec 5 → 2017 Dec 8 |
Other
Other | 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2017 |
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Country | China |
City | Macau |
Period | 17/12/5 → 17/12/8 |
Keywords
- finger robot
- functionally independent elderly people
- low-cost
- people detection
- smart home
- wireless environmental monitoring sensors
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Artificial Intelligence
- Mechanical Engineering
- Control and Optimization
- Modelling and Simulation