Objectives
The objective of the project is to develop an assistive device called ALICE with navigational and cognitive abilities. The purpose of such a device is to improve the quality of life of ageing people with impaired vision by providing them better mobility and enhancing their perception of the environment.
The assistive device called Alice will navigate user and offer a cognitive description based on a fusion of perceptions gathered from a range of sensors. For that research developments in cognitive sciences, psychology, computer vision, artificial intelligence, robot navigation and advances in positional audio will be combined.
Expected results and impact
The assistive device Alice will help blind and visually impaired to:
- navigate to and from a specific point;
- search for objects and recognise people;
- issue a warning about obstacles and imminent danger and;
- reinstate the cognitive sight system by supplying missing information to help familiarise themselves with their surroundings;
This will increase social inclusion and help users manage their everyday life more independently.
Partners
Partners involved in the ALICE project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comland d.o.o. IT Solutions Development | SME | Slovenia | www.comland.si |
| Information and Image Management Systems, S.A. | SME | Spain | www.ims.es |
| Institut Mines-Télécom | R&D | France | www.mines-telecom.fr |
| Alpineon d.o.o. | SME | Slovenia | www.alpineon.com |
| Union of the Blind and Partially Sighted of Slovenia | End User | Slovenia | www.zveza-slepih.si |
| Communication for Blind and Disabled People ltd. | End User | United Kingdom | www.screenreader.net |
| Granite 5 Limited | SME | United Kingdom | www.granite5.com |
- Project name: Assistance for Better Mobility and Improved Cognition of Elderly Blind and Visually Impaired – ALICE
- Website: www.alice-project.eu
- Coordinator: Comland d.o.o. IT Solutions Development, Slovenia
- Duration: 30 Months
- Starting Date: 01.06.2012
- Total budget: € 1.797.253
- Public contribution: € 1.107.169
Objectives
The goal of VIRGILIUS is to provide a seamless transnational out- and indoor location and navigation service to elders, integrated with a set of a value added services centred on the person, with the aim to support his/her well-being while on the move.
The system/service will be applicable to different life situations as well as adaptable to different users needs and requirement depending on capabilities, attitude, country of origin and of destination and education.
Expected results and impact
The target of the project is to provide a simple, accessible, usable and intuitive system with a personalised interface adaptable to changing end-users “abilities” and requirements. Increase the elders’ mobility guaranteeing a high level of the autonomy and enhancing the person individual sense of confidence, autonomy, competence, security and safety.
Partners
Partners involved in the VIRGILIUS project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telespazio | Large Industry | Italy | www.telespazio.com |
| Rartel | Large Industry | Romania | www.rartel.com |
| ArxIT SA consulting | SME | Switzerland | www.arxit.com |
| National Philatelic Museum | End User | Romania | www.muzeulfilatelic.ro |
| University of Geneva | R&D | Switzerland | www.unige.com |
- Project name: VIRGILIUS – A Guide to Elders’ Well Being
- Website: www.virgilius.eu
- Coordinator: Telespazio S.p.A
- Duration: 30 Months
- Starting Date: 01.06.2012
- Total budget: € 3.212.863,90
- Public contribution: € 1.594.043,66
Contact
Pierpaolo Pilloni
E.: pierpaolo.pilloni@telespazio.com
T.: +39 06 4079 6310
Objectives
The objective of ALMA is to provide a modular, low-cost, integrated system to support autonomous mobility and orientation for the elder and, more in general, for the person with cognitive and/or mobility impairments. ALMA will develop a set of modules that can work in isolation or in cooperation, for: localisation, tracking, path planning and navigation, service search and scheduling, autonomous wheelchair mobility, and interfacing with the user.
Expected results and impact
The project will results in a set of modules for navigation, localisation, planning, monitoring, and interfacing, that can be assembled and configured according to different needs, budgets, and available resources. The ALMA modules/system will target a number of different scenarios, ranging from the individual use in domestic environments to the multiple and collective use in large care- and assistance-giving facilities, where they can be conveniently integrated with existing hw/sw technologies.
Partners
Partners involved in the ALMA project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI) | R&D | Switzerland | www.supsi.ch |
| Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione | R&D | Italy | www.polimi.it |
| Info Solution SpA | SME | Italy | www.infosolution.it |
| VCA Technology Ltd. | SME | United Kingdom | www.vcatechnology.com |
| Istituti Sociali di Chiasso | End User | Switzerland | www.chiasso.ch |
| Clinica Hildebrand | End User | Switzerland | www.clinica-hildebrand.ch |
| University of Wurzburg, Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Justice, Legal Theory, Information and Computer Science Law | R&D | Germany | www.uni-wuerzburg.de |
| Degonda Rehab SA | SME | Switzerland | www.degonda.ch |
- Project name: ALMA: Ageing without Losing Mobility and Autonomy
- Website: http://www.alma-aal.org/
- Coordinator: Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI)
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 02.04.2013
- Total budget: € 2.997.526
- Public contribution: € 1.435.220
Contact
Gianni Di Caro
E.: gianni@idsia.ch
T.: +41 76 2203264
Objectives
One of the requirements for successful and independent ageing is to be engaged in the world and the mobility of older people is the first step for this. The ASSISTANT project will aid them in using public transport anywhere (rural/urban) and provide a simple yet effective safety line for them. The single most effective feedback of the ASSISTANT system is to remind the user when to exit the bus/metro or change direction, a very critical yet to-date unsupported feedback element in travelling which allows the user to enjoy the time of journey without constantly checking the progress of the vehicle.
Expected results and impact
The most important result will be bringing a product to market. There are two tracks for this: 1) taking ASSISTANT directly from the project to a commercial offering, and 2) incorporating the ASSISTANT results into an existing commercial offering. Supporting these two ends, ASSISTANT will be standards based, and documented (including design rationale) so that the results of ASSISTANT can be used with a minimum of overhead. Partners will also undertake dissemination activities locally. Additionally, the project will pursue scientific dissemination of results via academic and industrial communities.
Partners
Partners involved in the ASSISTANT project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundación Tecnalia | Large Industry | Spain | www.tecnalia.com |
| Andago Ingeniería S.L. | SME | Spain | www.andago.com |
| Citruna Technologies Oy | SME | Finland | www.andago.com |
| E-Seniors | SME | France | www.eseniors.eu |
| Fara OY | SME | Finland | www.fara.no |
| Transport & Travel Research Ltd. | SME | United Kingdom | www.ttr-ltd.com |
| University of Vienna | R&D | Austria | www.univie.ac.at |
| VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland | R&D | Finland | http://www.vtt.fi |
- Project name: Aiding SuStainable Independent Senior TrAvellers to Navigate in Towns – ASSISTANT
- Website: http://aal-assistant.eu
- Coordinator: Fundación Tecnalia, Spain
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.06.2012
- Total budget: €2.666.015
- Public contribution: €1.410.848
Contact
Stefan Carmien
E.: stefan.carmien@tecnlia.com
T.: (+34) 667 119 685
Objectives
The ASSAM project aims to compensate for declining physical and cognitive capabilities of elderly persons by user-centred development of modular navigation assistants for various mobility platforms, such as walker, wheelchair, and tricycle, enabling sustained everyday mobility and autonomy with seamless transition from indoors to outdoors in environments such as residential complexes, the neighbourhood quarter, or touristic areas. Modular assistance systems provide obstacle avoidance, navigational aid, cognitive assistance for visual impairment, and security by connection to a care centre in emergency situations.
Expected results and impact
Hardware and software variants of the mobility assistants (Navigation Aid, Driving Aid, Navigation Assistant) for the walker, wheelchair, and tricycle platforms will be developed and marketed within two years after the project end. Affordable add-on hardware for the platform-independent Navigation Aid, easily adaptable to non-electric wheelchairs and walkers by many manufacturers, will achieve a high market penetration. The ASSAM Forum will be set up for enterprises such as shopping centres, hotels, hospitals, airports or cities who intend to buy mobility assistants in numbers to rent to their clients for sharing.
Partners
Partners involved in the ASSAM project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| DFKI GmbH | R&D | Germany | www.dfki.de |
| Budelmann Elektronik | End User | Germany | www.budelmann-elektronik.com |
| Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V. | End User | Germany | www.johanniter.de |
| neusta mobile solutions GmbH | R&D | Germany | www.neusta.de |
| Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya | R&D | Spain | esaii.upc.edu |
| Centre de vida independent | SME / End User | Spain | www.cvi-bcn.org |
| Utrecht School of the Arts | R&D | The Netherlands | kmt.hku.nl |
| Stichting Bartiméus | SME / End User | The Netherlands | www.accessibility.nl |
| Ecobike | R&D | Spain | www.ecobike.com |
| Lifante Vehicles, S.A. | SME | Spain | www.lifante.net |
- Project name: Assistants for Safe Mobility – ASSAM
- Website: www.assam-project.eu
- Coordinator: German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH)
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.06.2012
- Total budget: € 2.979.164
- Public contribution: € 2.039.942
Objectives
The overall objective for COM’ON s to develop, test and deploy a digital platform and associated services for public transportation, which offer coping support to older persons – having mild to moderate problems with moving around. COM’ON will enhance their sense of self-efficacy through:
- Confidence and autonomy, through specific mobility information;
- Competence, by designing interfaces reflecting mental resources;
- Security and safety through access to assistance.
Expected results and impact
The COM’ON platform and associated services will increase user’s experience of independence, confidence and save resources through the increased use of public transport. Family members will be able to support their relatives, and encourage them to maintain their mobility and increase their self-reliance. Help elderly to stay longer in their own homes, reducing public sector cost deriving from nursing homes etc.
Partners
Partners involved in the COM’ON project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copenhagen Living Lab | SME | Denmark | www.copenhagenlivinglab.com |
| Xtel | SME | Denmark | www.xtel.dk |
| ACTIMO | SME | Denmark | www.actimo.dk |
| Laurea University of Applied Sciences | R&D | Finland | www.laurea.fi |
| Nearparent Oy | SME | Finland | www.nearparent.com |
| Enthoven Associates | SME | Belgium | www.yellowwindow.com |
| Concept Factory | SME | Luxembourg | www.conceptfactory.lu |
| I2CAT | SME | Spain | www.i2cat.net |
| City of Luxembourg | End User | Luxembourg | www.vdl.lu |
- Project name: Confident motion, COM’ON
- Website: www.comon.lu
- Coordinator: Copenhagen Living Lab, Denmark
- Duration: 28 Months
- Starting Date: 01.03.2012
- Total budget: € 2.698.711
- Public contribution: € 1.444.665
CONFIDENCE
CONFIDENCE offers a location-augmented voice channel (care persons are able to assist lost patients with voice instructions in order to bring them back to well-known places), a virtual video channel ...
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The aim of CONFIDENCE is to develop a community-based mobility safeguarding assistance service for people suffering from mild to moderate dementia. CONFIDENCE combines “assistive technologies” with “personal help”. The CONFIDENCE service is built around a “virtual companion” providing different levels of assistance, depending on the situational needs of the patient and the degree of orientation loss. The service is supplemented with personal help from family members, staff of home care agencies and/or trusted volunteers.
Expected results and impact
From a technical point of view, the expected outcome of CONFIDENCE is a mobility safeguarding assistance service running on a smartphone. It consists of a location-augmented voice service, a virtual video service, a location tracking service and a mobile community service. The technical solution is supplemented by an innovative, cooperative service model, which involves all relevant stakeholders of home care. CONFIDENCE aims at designing, implementing, testing and validating the technical solution as well as the service model.
Partners
Partners involved in the CONFIDENCE project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft m.b.H. | R&D | Austria | www.salzburgresearch.at |
| iHomeLab, Hochschule Luzern | R&D | Switzerland | www.ihomelab.ch |
| Raiffeisenlandesbank Kaernten -Rechenzentrum und Revisionsverband, reg. Gen.m.b.H. | Large Industry | Austria | www.raiffeisen-rechenzentrum.at |
| ilogs mobile software GmbH | SME | Austria | www.ilogs.at |
| Presence displays bv. | SME | Netherlands | www.yooom.com |
| Ralph Eichenberger Szenografie Cinematografie Fotografie | SME | Switzerland | www.szenografie.com |
| Hilfswerk Salzburg | End User | Austria | www.hilfswerk.at/salzburg |
| terzStiftung | End User | Switzerland | www.terzstiftung.ch |
| Ana Aslan International Foundation/Academy of Ageing | End User | Romania | www.brainaging.ro |
| Swisscom Participations Ltd | Large Industry | Switzerland | www.swisscom.com |
- Project name: Mobility Safeguarding Assistance Service with Community Functionality for People with Dementia – CONFIDENCE
- Website: www.confidence4you.eu
- Coordinator: Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft m.b.H.
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.06.2012
- Total budget: € 2.820.158
- Public contribution: € 1.526.321,49
Objectives
The concept of GoldUI is focused on empowering the older individual, enabling them to access online “self serve” services and therefore to benefit from the digital world by using the familiar home technologies of domestic radio, TV and telephone augmented by a mobile smartphone interface when away from home.
By using content adaptation and personalisation techniques GoldUI will provide the elderly with access to a wide range of online services considering individual’s abilities and needs.
Expected results and impact
GoldUI impact is ensured through 1) Involvement of partners from Spain, UK and Italy, 2) Clustering with other projects and 3) Expected elderly potential market. The target market, 65-75 year-old people, is considered a potential market in continuous.
12-18 months after the end of the project, there will be a commercial launch. During this time, the prototype system will be upgraded such that “soft launch” will be feasible earlier to allow business partners to test the system.
Partners
Partners involved in the GoldUI project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| HI-Iberia Ingeniería y Proyectos S.L. | SME | Spain | www.hi-iberia.es |
| XIM Ltd | SME | United Kingdom | www.xim.co.uk |
| Tiscali Italia S.p.A. | Large Industry | Italy | www.tiscali.it |
| Fundación para la eSalud (FeSalud) | End User | Spain | www.fesalud.org |
- Project name: Adaptive Embedded Human Interfaces designed for older people
- Coordinator: HI-Iberia Ingeniería y Proyectos S.L.
- Duration: 24 Months
- Starting Date: 18.07.2011
- Total budget: € 1.537.726,76
- Public contribution: € 807.656
Objectives
The aimed solution is to provide easy-to-use technologies and services in social housing flats to allow a better quality of communication and a better access to package services from the elders; by experimenting a European model of “connected flats” for elder people, characterised by specific equipment enabling easier relations with, family, service providers and housing operators, through enriched supports (images, text, voice, documents) the host project should:
- Bring more comfort of living to the elders
- Reinforce social inclusion (with friends, family, administrations, social operators…)
- Allow a longer stay in their house
Expected results and impact
The expected impacts on a European scale will be:
- An overall assessment (technology, usages, interface, contents, communication…) of such a device to capitalised on the project management
- Experimentation of business models for service providers, social housing operators and elderly tenants (what kind of opportunities induced by mutualisation?)
- A cross fertilisation process between different countries and different practices that could contribute to a long term “share of experiences”
- The sketch of a standard architecture to help the spreading of related projects
Partners
Partners involved in the HOST project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPAC du Rhône | End User | France | www.opacdurhone.fr |
| FINABITA | SME | Italy | www.legacoopabitanti.coop |
| Nottingham Community Housing | End User | United Kingdom | www.ncha.org.uk |
| ADAMA/ AVIZEN | SME | France | www.avizen.fr |
| National Research Council Construction Technologies Institute | R&D | Italy | www.itc.cnr.it |
| Conseil Général du Rhône / ERASME | R&D | France | www.erasme.org |
| Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1 | R&D | France | www.ujf-grenoble.fr |
| Triple Play | SME | United Kingdom | www.tripleplay-services.com |
| BIO RESULT | SME | Italy | www.bioresult.it |
| University of Valencia/ Polibienestar | R&D | Spain | www.polibienestar.org |
- Project name: Smart technologies for self-service to seniors in social housing
- Website: www.host-aal.eu
- Coordinator: Françoise ABRY Responsable Qualité de Service et Gestion du Peuplement
- Duration: 30 Months
- Starting Date: 01.05.2011
- Total budget: € 4.774.086,57
- Public contribution: € 2.290.680
Objectives
Inclusion Society is a connected service system which will support organisations delivering an improved community care service. The aim is to help people adapt their lifestyle, improve their health, and feel connected. InS aims to encourage a change in behaviour by applying motivational techniques and thinking. The client uses a tablet PC & records health data via smart sensors. Social interaction with family, friends & care provider is supported by a network of cloud ‘portals’. InS will provide preventive health care for senior citizens at home and institutions, improving their security and quality of life.
Expected results and impact
InclusionSociety development will deliver 4 modules, where at an early stage homePad and the friends & family portal can be installed. The system will grow with their demands to cover the demands of care by bridging the homePad to Care Management System at the Service Provider’s centre. Further, when there will be a demand for medical support, the nursePad will be linked to follow up in home or in institutions for senior citizens. InclusionSociety will meet the goals to give senior citizens an opportunity to stay longer at home with a higher quality life as well as improving utilisation of the municipality facilities.
Partners
Partners involved in the InS project
| Organization | Type | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital Organiser AS | SME | Norway | www.hospitalorganiser.no |
| Mediq AS | SME | Denmark | www.mediqdanmark.dk/ |
| Alloy LTD | SME | United KIngdom | www.thealloy.com |
| ViVit AS | SME | Norway | www.vivit.no |
- Project name: InclusionSociety- improving usability of the municipal health services and opening up access to the self- serve society
- Website: www.inclusionSociety.com
- Coordinator: Hospital Organiser AS Lysker w/ Oslo, Norway
- Duration: 36 Months
- Starting Date: 01.03.2012
- Total budget: € 1.583.790
- Public contribution: € 813.839