AALIANCE Ambient Assisted Living RoadmapTechnology and Innovation for Ageing Well

“Ageing Well. How technologies can help”European Workshop

Salón Avante. Barcelona, 3rd June 2010

Mari Satur Torre

Fundación Vodafonemari-satur.torre@vodafone.com

FACTS on AALIANCE - The European Ambient Assisted Living Innovation Alliance

FP7 Coordination action (CA)

THEME ICT-1-7.1 ICT and Aging

Duration: 01/2008 – 03/2010

Partners: 14

Volume: 1.646.170 €

EC Contribution: 1.070.000 €

Members

No. Name Country Type

1. VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH Germany SME

2. AGE - the European Older People's Platform Europe Association

3. Robert Bosch GmbH Germany Industry

4. Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Germany Research

5. Fundación Vodafone España Spain Research

6. Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems - CNR Italy Research

7. Luleå University of Technology Sweden University

8. Nokia Research Center (until 31.12.2008) Finland Industry

9. Philips Electronics Netherlands Industry

10. Scuola Superiore S. Anna Italy Research

11. Sorin Group France Industry

12. University of Newcastle UK University

13. Vermon SA France SME

14. VTI Technologies Oy Finland Industry

15. Deutsche Telekom (from 1.4.2009) Germany Industry

• Provide a framework for stakeholders, led by the industry, for the definition of research and development priorities, timeframes and action plans on strategically important issues in the field of AAL

• Play a key role in ensuring an adecuate focus of research funding for AAL, in fostering effective public-private partnerships and in developing a European research policy, in particular FP7 and current activities launch by EU member states (AAL Joint Programme)

General Objectives

• Setting-up a sustainable network – from 14 to be extended to approx. 35 (technology providers, systems integrators, service providers, research organizations and user associations)

• Coordinating and maintaining a R&D roadmap and strategic research agenda for AAL with a mid to long perspective

• Defining stardadisation requirements• Providing recommendations for a European RTD policy

on AAL• Supporting European and national entities in increasing

the political awareness and in intensifying activities for the enhancement of new AAL technologies

Immediate Objectives

38 Associated Partners

Outcomes

Ambient Assisted Living - Strategic Research Agenda

AALIANCE

March 2009 March 2010

Table of Contents

• Introduction

• AAL for persons

• AAL in the community

• AAL at work

• Enabling Technologies

• AAL systems composition

Ageing population scenario

• A growing number of older people living alone and in need of (intensive) care.

• An ageing workforce.

• A rapid growth in the number of persons with physical disabilities.

• More financially well-appointed and wealthy senior citizens ready to enjoy their third age and to spend money on products securing and enhancing wealth, safety, security and not forgetting entertainment and communications needs.

HA & AAL

HA – Home AutomationDOMOCASADOMOCASA

AAL – Ambient Assisted Living

• From the present to the future

– Technologies

– Perspectives

– Challenges

– Developments

– Business

– Barriers

– Users

– Exploitation

– Properties

– Etc…

Home Automation• Home automation* may designate an emerging practice of increased

automation of household appliances and features in residential dwellings, particularly through electronic means…

• Possible Classification in six function domains**

* Wikipedia definition

** G. Del Zanna, M. Malavasi, and G. Vaccari, “Manuale illustrato per la domotica ad uso sociale”, Tecniche Nuove

Comfort

Automation

Home Security Communication

Person Security

Well beingPerson

Energy Saving

Electronics

Informatics

Telecommunication

Meccanics

Building Industry

Architecture

…

AAL context• “Ambient Assisted Living” (AAL) denotes concepts, products and services

that interlink and improve new technologies and social systems, with the aim of enhancing the quality of life for all people in all stages of their lives.

• AAL could be best translated as “intelligent systems of a specific assistance for a better and safer life in the home environment”.

AAL vs HA

• AAL has concepts wider than HA.• AAL is referred to specific applications and needs of users.

Comfort

Automation

Home Security Communication

Person Security

Well beingPerson

Energy Saving

Methodological Approach

1. Setting the scene• Identification of AAL application domains and technology axis• State of the Art overview per domain and technology axis

2. 1st level analysis• Plotting visionary scenarios• Pruning• Identification of the necessary enabling technologies

3. 2nd level analysis• Identification of current and future barriers to development• Drawing “rough” roadmaps of enabling technologies

4. Merging and Consolidation• Drawing Scenario roadmaps• Merging Scenario roadmaps into Domain roadmaps• Exploring synergies and cross-contamination and

consolidating AAL roadmap

AAL4Persons• AAL for health, rehabilitation and care

– Chronic disease management– Biorobotics for neuro-rehabilitation– Multi-disciplinary care teams

• Impairments and monitoring– Motor disabilities

• Personal activity management and monitoring– Physical and mental activity

• Personal and home safety and security• Activities of Daily Life oriented support• Other common activities

– Shopping– eat and drink– social interaction and communication

AAL@community

• Social inclusion– Participation in community activities– Creativity, hobbies and sports– Cultural and experience exchanges

• Entertainment and leisure– Training the brain– Exercise and gaming

• Mobility– Supporting individual physical mobility– Driving– Public transport

AAL@work• Background

– Work ability– Employers’ attitudes to older workers– Training in and for the workplace– Issues of work-life balance

• Needs of older workers in the workspace• Access to working space• Assuring environmental working conditions• Support for working• Prevention of diseases and injuries• Safety and health regulations

Enabling technologies and functions

1. Sensing

2. Reasoning

3. Acting

4. Interacting

5. Communicating

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Sensing (1)• In AAL applications, sensing is expected to take place in anything and anywhere: in- or on-body, in- or on- appliances or in the environment (home, outdoors, in vehicles, public spaces, etc.).

• Smart sensors endow a network interface, a processor and a memory.

• Applications:– Sensors for safety and security in the environments– Sensors for monitoring persons– Sensor networks– Low power and sustainable sensors

Sensing (2)Enabling TechnologiesApplications

Detection, authenticationand surveillance.

Tele-monitoring ofpatient status

Sensor network

Fasterfingerprint ID

MultimodalBiometry

Interoperable and certificated ID

ExternalBiomarkers

WirelessImplantedbiomarkers

Non invasive measurement and sensing systems (movement, cardiac, respiration,…)

Internet connected sensorsand actuators

Sensor technologies forindoor navigation andlocalization

Human statedetection

SensorsBiologically inspiredsensor-actuator integration

Camera with object detection, classification, recognition

2015 2020 2025

Reasoning (1)• Knowledge about the activities of the user and the current situation in this environment from low-level sensor data (daily activities and situations, emergency situations, user’s mid-term and long-term

behavior).

• Models• Situations• Behaviours• Activity / behaviour recognition• Reasoning process

Emergency situations:1) Helplessness/lying on the floor2) Indicators of falls3) Motionlessness4) Critical values in vital parameters

Activities of daily living:1) Sleeping2) Toilet usage3) Personal hygiene4) Preparation of meals

Motion:1) Occupancy of rooms2) Locomotion3) Quality and quantity of motion

Psychosocial behavior:1) Going out2) Meeting people3) Communication

Reasoning (2)

Enabling TechnologiesApplications

Model: User

Model: Context

Model: System

Model: Domain

Static and dynamicInformation

Self adaptive modelincluding neuro-psychological models

User model interrelatedwith context model

Environment, Objects Semantic context fusionModel evolution

Adaptive models Organic systems modelIntegrated ontologydriven models

Separate domainmodels

Inter-domain modelsModel evolution

2015 2020 2025

Reasoning (3)

2015 2020 2025

Enabling TechnologiesApplications

Gesture, emotion,activity

Situations

Optimized approachesIntegration of Reasoningand Simulation

Integratedmulti-approachreasoning

Reasoning

Activityclassification

Fine-grained online activityrecognition and monitoring

Online activityrecognition

Gesture, expressionrecognition

Recognition of criticalsituations

Situation awarenessPrevention of critical situations

Acting (1)• Systems and services, which proactively act for assisting, monitoring

and providing well-being of elderly or not sufficient people in an assisted environment.

– Service and companion robots

– Robots for outdoor applications

– Neuro-rehabilitation and prosthetic robots

– Smart environments

Acting (2)

Vision

Software RobotsHumanoid Robots

Robotic platforms

Prof. Sang-Rok Oh – Korean Institute of Science and Technology

Acting (3)• Smart environments will proactively assist people and will be personalized

in response to the occupant’s presence and behaviour and to the normal activities related to work, education, entertainment or healthcare.– Integration of automation, security, comfort, communication, energy– Recognition, awareness situations – Pervasive distribution of intelligence and sensing throughout the home

environment– Internet-connected sensors and actuators (also cognitive robotics)– Exploitation of WSNs capabilities– House robotic appliances

Acting (4)– Mechatronic technologies for AAL, including operative and wearable robot for neuro-rehabilitation and

assistive purposes.• Operational machines for upper and lower limbs

• Exoskeleton-like machine

• Prosthetic robots

Acting (5)

2015 2020 2025

Enabling TechnologiesApplications

Actuators

Human motioncontrol strategies

Back-drivableunder-actuatedmechanisms

Patient’s stiffness andKinematics dependentback-drivability

Patient’s stiffnessdependentback-drivability

Mechanical design

Innovativemicro-macroactuators

New strengthened bio-artificial muscles

Human musculoskeletalSystem-based actuators

Under-actuated roboticdevices

Human inspired robotic features

Whole body humanmotion control theories

Developing high-complexityand fully bio-inspiredrobotic limbs

Operational machinesfor upper and lower limbs

Exoskeleton-likemachine for upperand lower limbs

Rehabilitation robots

Acting (6)– Service and companion robots. Adaptive Robotic Servant in

Intelligent Homes. Objectives in this application area are identified as:• time saving in daily repetitive work;

• having a companion and a servant/assistant;

• personal robots adaptation to individual needs;

• exercising robots;

• medical support;

• reaching high acceptance by inexperienced users;

• 24-hour service in household environments;

• robots in environments dangerous to humans;

• mobility;

• incremental development of robots.

Acting (7)

SmartCane

Robot Chair

DustBotWalker

– Service robots for outdoor applications:• Urban hygiene

• Transportation

• Support at mobility

Acting (8)

2015 2020 2025

Enabling TechnologiesApplications

Navigation

Manipulation

Robot for simple ADLsupport in structuredenvironments

Cognitive (humanoids) assistive robotsfor enhanced ADL support in unstructured environments

Robotic supportfor ADLs

Reliable map-basednavigation and obstacle avoidance

Reliable learning-basednavigation in unstructuredenvironments

Intension estimation-based selection of destination

Fetch and carryvisible objects

Autonomous manipulationof unknown objects

Autonomous manipulationof known objects

(Modular) Roboticassistant for mobility

Biorobotic assistant for mobility(robotic suites and wearable robots)

Robotic supportfor mobility

Supervisedmanipulation of partiallyknown objects

Interacting (1)• Human beings and machines will be surrounded by intelligent interfaces supported

by computing and networking technology in everyday objects. – Initiative– Design process– Awareness– Situation– Modality– Connectivity

Interacting (2)

Enabling TechnologiesApplications

User initiative,Adaptable interfaces

Autonomous intelligentagents and servicerobots

Mixed initiative,Self-adaptive interfaces

Co-creation of portableintentional interfaces

Predefined factors andreasoning

Social and emotionalawareness

Adaptation and learning,profiling andstereotyping

Local (touch)screen-based

Avatar robots,Brain-computer interfaces

Rich integration throughdistributed objects

Initiative

Design process

Awareness

Connectivity

Modality

Standalone devices,Wireless charging

Automatic adaptationFederated devices,Scalable contentsRobust media

2015 2020 2025

Communicating (1)• In AAL systems, infrastructures and devices are becoming pervasive, with

an increasing number of distributed devices that can communicate between themselves as well as with centralized services.

– Connectivity and protocols

– Network

– Understanding data

– Dynamic composition of systems and services

Public area

Local or home

Personal or body

Internet of ThingsService Era2010 - 2030

Internet of PeopleCommunication Era

1900 - 2010

Internet of PresenceVirtual Presence Era

2030

Main Achievements

setting-up a network of more than 50 organisations, involving companies as technology providers and systems integrators, service providers, research organisations and user associations

increase awareness of new AAL technologies (e.g. the AALIANCE Malaga conference in March 2010)

publication of policy recommendations in the field of Ambient Assisted Living – in cooperation with representatives of the AAL Joint Programme

Publication of the 1st Roadmap and Strategic Research Agenda on IT technologies for Ambient Assisted Living that aim to contributing to a coordinated European R&D approach

Definition of standardisation requirements

Community Building/Awareness

Roadmapping/Strategic Research Agenda

Policy Recommendations

Standardisation Requirements

AALIANCE ConferenceMálaga, 11th – 12th March 2010

Participants: Call for papers:Poster Exhibition:

ALLIANCE Conference

AALIANCE Ambient Assisted Living RoadmapTechnology and Innovation for Ageing Well

“Ageing Well. How technologies can help”European Workshop

Salón Avante. Barcelona, 3rd June 2010

Mari Satur Torre

Fundación Vodafonemari-satur.torre@vodafone.com