This way they will be able to keep track of their activity and see if progress has been made. One functionality that can be added for example is the option to check on the robot, whether the elderly has actually performed the exercises and how well they did. The family and friends might feel less anxious about the physical health of the elderly person they care for, when they know that they are performing regular exercises in a appropriate way. The secondary users are the care givers and the family and friends of the old people. The right form of persuasion has to be determined so that the elderly person don't feel a form of coercion, but merely a form of good motivation. Another thing the elderly people require in order to improve their physical activity by given feedback is the way the technology communicates with the person. That's why it is important that we don't just make a virtual platform that can check the physical movements of the elderly people and give feedback to it, but that its functionality is combined with a physical robot. Firstly it has been shown that people tend to react better to commands and feedback given by real robots than virtual agents. As little aversion as possible towards the technology should be provoked. That's why it's important to focus on how this feedback technology can be integrated in the households of the elderly people effectively. Elderly people however are often characterised as being skeptical about technology. Our technology is aimed at improving the physical health of elderly people, while providing them with the comfort of their own homes. The primary users of our technology are elderly people who need to perform certain exercises which remediates impairments and promotes mobility and function.
The robot must be applicable at larger scale. The user must be convinced to make use of the robot The project is focused on the user, society and enterprise perspectives The interface is as simple as possible so that elderly can easily use the robot There is communication between the robot and the user With this main objective, a subset of objectives can be formulated that directly relates to the robot but also to the project itself. The main objective of this project is to find a way to increase the motivation among elderly to do physical exercises. In order to apply and work with a robot that helps motivating elderly to do physical exercises, a set of objectives must be made and a main goal must be established. It is not only important to find a solution just for now, but also the future is really important, because when the amount of elderly increases even more, the relative shortage of caregivers is even higher and therefore there is desperately more need for extra assistance. Nowadays, this is a problem that is discussed a lot. But who decides if this works? And why should elderly accept a "device" to help them? These are questions that we will address in this project as well. Already thinking about possible solutions, robots can be used to solve this problem. However, since the amount of elderly increased with high speed over the years, there is a shortage of caregivers and therefore the anticipated needs of these elderly cannot be provided by the current amount of caregivers. To solve this problem, caregivers can help elderly by talking directly to them and encouraging them to do exercises and to make sure they execute it, they can help the elderly. This impacts not only the physical condition of a person, but it also has its effects on the mental condition of these people. During the process, we will take a closer look at the user, society and enterprise perspectives of this research and how they are related.Įlderly, especially the lonely elderly, often sit whole days long without any movement. This project is about the research, design and possible solutions of a robot that helps motivating elderly to stay in a good shape and to help them to do exercises correctly and not just physically, but also mentally. That is where the research and robot of this project come into play. Besides, there has to be someone that gives the elderly tips about how the exercises can be improved. In order to motivate elderly to do exercises, someone else needs to tell them to do any exercises at all and encourage them to get movement. One of the anticipated needs of these elderly are physical exercises. 9.1 Motivating people to perform excercisesĪs the amount of elderly increases, the demand for caregivers is much higher and therefore a shortage of caregivers must be compensated.
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