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Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare as the: International Journal of Social Welfare
1998
Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare
Supported by developments in the field of social robotics, virtual worlds and ICT tools it is possible to build new solutions in health and welfare. Two projects are described in this article. ...
The ELDERTOY project modifies the classical concept from the toy industry to develop a new solution for the aged people. ELDERTOY involves a double purpose, fun and therapeutic. ...
By inner manipulation, therapy specialists are furnished with a tool able to run games by using the sensors integrated in the platform. ...
doi:10.1111/j.1468-2397.1998.tb00290.x
fatcat:cqirjbheznejhhqimmcf5mnw74
Edge Computing Robot Interface for Automatic Elderly Mental Health Care Based on Voice
2020
Electronics
Through the voice interface, the specialist can propose questions, as well as receive users' answers, in text form. The robot can automatically interact with the user using the appropriate language. ...
The proposed platform allows the integration of well-known open source and commercial data flow processing frameworks. ...
attention to non-response situations, and to integrate the platform to a robot or a voice interface. ...
doi:10.3390/electronics9030419
fatcat:dboqme3lgnasbipdp6t7vmb3zy
A robotic platform for customized and interactive rehabilitation of persons with disabilities
2017
Pattern Recognition Letters
A robotic platform for customized and interactive rehabilitation of persons with disabilities, Pattern Recognition Letters (2017), ...
This work has also been supported by a Spanish national grant for PhD studies FPU15/04516. ...
We thank the patients who participated in the user study and the physicians at the hospital of Seville (Virgen del Rocio) for their collaboration during this project. ...
doi:10.1016/j.patrec.2017.05.027
fatcat:3ghlmjpmnrebvlb75v2fabw5vm
Virtual worlds to enhance Ambient-Assisted Living
2010
2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology
An implementation of a virtual world integrated in an AAL environment for tele-rehabilitation is described in this paper. ...
In this paper we discuss about the integration of Ambient-Assisted Living (AAL) with virtual worlds. ...
An AAL system is composed of a set of devices integrated in a user environment providing different services to assist the users. ...
doi:10.1109/iembs.2010.5627880
pmid:21097183
fatcat:cvcm5iqiengg5awvpzmxqtbwdy
A Platform Based on Personalized Exergames and Natural User Interfaces to Promote Remote Physical Activity and Improve Healthy Aging in Elderly People
2021
Sustainability
In this context, this article presents a low-cost platform that relies on exergames and natural user interfaces to promote physical activity at home and improve the quality of life in elderly people. ...
The underlying system is easy to use and accessible, offering a number of interaction mechanisms that guide users through the execution of routines and exercises. ...
The integration of virtual reality platforms into physical activity programs for the elderly has provided a new incentive for physical exercise [11] . ...
doi:10.3390/su13147578
fatcat:7sfj5cse7ncrlixyff53yll2le
Virtual Instrumentation
[chapter]
2006
Modern Industrial Automation Software Design
As terminal user interfaces required little of system resources, they were implemented on many platforms. In this interface, communication between a user and a computer is purely textual. ...
Today, the PC is the platform on which most measurements are made, and the graphical user interface has made measurements more user-friendly. ...
doi:10.1002/0471776289.ch2
fatcat:ssl4gupu2jagrckfoue4wlapau
A Serious Games Platform for Cognitive Rehabilitation with Preliminary Evaluation
2016
Journal of medical systems
This paper reviews Serious Games and user interfaces in rehabilitation area and details a Serious Games platform for Cognitive Rehabilitation that includes a set of features such as: natural and multimodal ...
user interfaces and social features (competition, collaboration, and handicapping) which can contribute to augment the motivation of patients during the rehabilitation process. ...
Acknowledgments This work has been supported by FCT -Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia in the scope of the projects: PEst-UID/CEC/ 00319/2015 and PEst-UID/CEC/00027/2015. ...
doi:10.1007/s10916-016-0656-5
pmid:27864778
fatcat:wlcisshhcbgrdkdexvg6jzkid4
Personalized Health Care System with Virtual Reality Rehabilitation and Appropriate Information for Seniors
2012
Sensors
In this paper we focus on the health care and information services designed on the project, the technological platform developed and details of two representative elements, the virtual reality hand rehabilitation ...
The Naviga Project (An Open and Adaptable Platform for the Elderly and Persons with Disability to Access the Information Society) is a European effort, whose main goal is to design and develop a technological ...
An Example of Naviga's Health Service Virtual Reality (VR) is a human-computer interface technology that allows the user to experience and interact with virtual environments. ...
doi:10.3390/s120505502
pmid:22778598
pmcid:PMC3386697
fatcat:sde53lm5fzgp7gv554zrvactqi
Conversational Affective Social Robots for Ageing and Dementia Support
2021
IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems
modalities (e.g., facial expressions, gestures or body movements), integrated with natural language interfaces; and 2) virtual AI assistants and smart speaker technology, which rely essentially on voice ...
A categorization of voice interfaces, the main assistive roles of SAR for the target population, and design trends are presented in Section II. ...
The autonomous mobile robot CompanionAble ( Fig. 2 (e)), with a static face, touch display, and voice interface, integrated with smart home technology (e.g., presence sensor, light control), was tested ...
doi:10.1109/tcds.2021.3115228
fatcat:7zkfbl3hwrc45mnv2z23rowe6e
Robotic Telemedicine for Mental Health: A Multimodal Approach to Improve Human-Robot Engagement
2021
Frontiers in Robotics and AI
We further introduce a contextual virtual assistant with integrated cloud-based AI coupled to the robot's facial representation of emotions, such that the robot adapts its emotional response to users' ...
are required in simple, inexpensive, deployable platforms. ...
This optimization included: 1) creating an interface with Python to enable automatic and remote control of facial expressions integrated with autonomous speech (see Section Intelligent Virtual Assistant ...
doi:10.3389/frobt.2021.618866
pmid:33816568
pmcid:PMC8014955
fatcat:bbnswq2o4vb57h44x5mxwdo4ce
ICTs in Speech and Language Therapy
2014
International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP)
In this report we provide a brief overview of the most representative articles for applications and assistive technologies used for assessment and intervention purposes in Speech Therapy according to the ...
Over the past decade speech and language therapy has taken an interesting turn towards the use of information communication technologies (ICTs) for diagnosis of disorders and delivery of therapy. ...
MAS platform is a flexible and scalable software platform that integrates technologies in order to enable users to use adaptive games, aiming at monitoring and developing social and cognitive skills of ...
doi:10.3991/ijep.v4i1.3280
fatcat:qprtbu5uinduxk7ficyzqttcny
Medbot: Conversational Artificial Intelligence Powered Chatbot for Delivering Tele-Health after COVID-19
2020
2020 5th International Conference on Communication and Electronics Systems (ICCES)
Keywords -Telehealth, chatbot, natural language processing, medbot, natural language understanding, conversational technology, digital health, voice user interface, conversational user interface, conversational ...
The study introduces a novel computer application acting as a personal virtual doctor that has been opportunely designed and extensively trained to interact with patients like human beings. ...
Our team emerged as a National Finalist. The statements made here are solely the responsibility of the authors. ...
doi:10.1109/icces48766.2020.9137944
fatcat:uzengpioqna2fmxoix2ik5w2vi
Pomodoro, a mobile robot platform for hand motion exercising
2014
5th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics
system in users experiencing reduced hand mobility. ...
hand motion tracking subsystem for teleoperating the system using both real and virtual system, while recording position and orientation data for further assessment. ...
As part of providing more scenarios for using the Pomodoro robot, the Leap Motion user interface is used for providing means to teleoperate the platform using JavaScript and websockets. ...
doi:10.1109/biorob.2014.6913906
dblp:conf/biorob/AlvesUSF14
fatcat:qrdthbxq5vedzpfd3xhn6ktfry
A Test Platform for Managing School Stress Using a Virtual Reality Group Chatbot Counseling System
2021
Applied Sciences
The platform provides a test base for future clinical trials to evaluate and improve the automated virtual reality chatbot counseling system. ...
In this research, we designed a unique test platform for an immersive virtual reality group chatbot counseling system so students can receive psychological help and stress management counseling anytime ...
When the right button Chatroom is clicked, users enter group therapy with the VR interface module. Figures 6 and 7 show the user interface of the e-survey. ...
doi:10.3390/app11199071
fatcat:234nnnujxjg27h6vqf3huaccju
Scalable Conversational Intelligence for Post-COVID Health Consultation Using Flask Library and Support Vector Machine
2021
International Journal of Scientific Research in Science Engineering and Technology
We leverage the resources of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for the provision of the said services in India, which will increase the availability of healthcare information to patients, and to leverage ...
The proposed system is based on a serverless architecture, aggregating information from a healthcare professional and providing ideas on preventative measures, home remedies, interactive counseling sessions ...
of a
virtual hospital platform. ...
doi:10.32628/ijsrset219431
fatcat:cspcozgndnhwvno7xezlvaf7dy
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