Trends and Roadmapping in AAL The AALIANCE Roadmap

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1 Trends and Roadmapping in AAL The AALIANCE Roadmap Filippo Cavallo Electronic Engineer PhD Post Doctoral Researcher ARTS Lab Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna - Polo Sant'Anna Valdera Viale Rinaldo Piaggio, Pontedera, Pisa - ITALY Phone: Fax: f.cavallo@sssup.it

2 Outline Background AALIANCE project Roadmap and trend Main domains Enabling Technologies Conclusions

3 Outline Background AALIANCE project Roadmap and trend Main domains Enabling Technologies Conclusions

4 Background New European population projections has recently underlined that the number of elderly persons will quickly increase*. The fiscal impact of ageing will be substantial in almost all European Member States through two main channels**: Pension (public expenditure increase up to 5% GDP) Health care and long-term care (public expenditure increase up to 1.5% GDP) * European population projections for , published by the European Office for Statistics. ** Report on the impact of ageing populations on public spending, Council of the European Union, 2006.

5 Aging 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.

6 ICT-enabled assisted living ICT-enabled assisted living and innovative technological developments can really provide aims and improvements: Quality of life, autonomy, participation in social life, skills and the employability of older people. Home assistance for Patients. Caregivers. Domiciliary assistance for slowing down the course of the illness (not early hospitalization). Reduction of welfare costs (nursing home costs three time the domiciliary one).

7 Outline Background AALIANCE project Roadmap and trend Main domains Enabling Technologies Conclusions

8 AALIANCE Project FACTS on AALIANCE - The European Ambient Assisted Living Innovation Alliance FP7 Coordination action (CA) THEME ICT ICT and Aging Duration: 01/ /2009 Partners: 14 Volume: EC Contribution: WP2 - Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, Pisa AAL Roadmap published AAL Strategic Research Agenda / /d / d /

9 Partners

10 Outline Background AALIANCE project Roadmap and trend Main domains Enabling Technologies Conclusions

11 Ambient Assisted Living 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 qualityof life for all people inall stages of their lives. AAL could be best translated as intelligent systems of a specific assistance for a AAL could be best translated as intelligent systems of a specific assistance for a better and safer life in the home environment.

12 More in AAL Surrounding Social activity Social linteraction Hobbies Inclusion Work ability Mobility Learning Dependency from: Habits Life style Needs Pathologies Evolution of illness Psycho-Social conditions Primary Stakeholders -Users -Caregivers Secondary Stakeholders -Organization offering services Tertiary Stakeholders - Organization supplying goods and services Users Quaternary Stakeholders - Organization analyzing the economical and legal context of AAL

13 AAL domains and technologies AAL application home/mobile (person-centric) Health, rehabilitation, care Safety and security Activity management / cognitive support Autonomy / physical support Person-centric community Mobility Social Inclusion Entertainment and work Collaboration, cooperation Presence/process awareness Aware and ubiquitous workplaces Main functions and enabling technologies Sensing New sensors Sensor networks Reasoning Ontologies Event stream processing Probabilistic reasoning Acting New actuators Home robots and mechatronic devices Interacting Multimodal, natural, persuasive interfaces Communicating i New protocols and standards for communication network

14 From Domotics to Ambient Intelligence (AmI) to Ambient Assisted Living (AAL): evolution driven by technology convergence Digital CONVERGENCE in communications market (mobile + idtv + Broadband Internet) enable UBIQUITOUS ACCESS CONVERGENCE in home and environment control technologies enable AWARENESS Distributed embedded intelligence (software agents) Open standards d for home automation ti (KNX, UPnP, ) P Emerging standards for low-power wireless communication (ZigBee, BT) CONVERGENCE between AAL technologies and Robotic Technologies enable UBIQUITOUS ROBOTICS FOR AUTONOMY NEW APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES (tele-monitoring, - care and -rehabilitation, cognitive support to daily living, ) egov t, ecommerce Tele-rehabilitation Biorobotics Aware Home technologies distributed intelligence Biorobotics for care, health and autonomy UbiRob-supported cognitive autonomy smart home Ubiquitous robotics Tele-monitoring Tele-care Tele-medicine Software agents Events stream processing Ambient intelligence BAN - Wearable sensing and computing multi-standard connectivity Mobile communication Interactive DTV Broadband connectivity

15 Outline Background AALIANCE project Roadmap and trends Main domains Enabling Technologies Conclusions

16 AAL4Person The domains in AAL Ageing PERSONAL AUTONOMY AND WELL-BEING AAL in the Community Ageing well in one s social environment PARTICIPATION AAL@Work Ageing well in one s working environment ACTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE AGEING

17 AAL for persons (at home, on the move) Health, rehabilitation and care Personal and home safety and security Personal activity i management Biorobotic systems and AAL Person-centred services

18 AAL4persons: Health, Rehab, Care Person-centered health management Tele-monitoring and self-management of chronic diseases Tele-monitoring of health parameters sensors and connectivity Wearable and implantable multisensor platforms power management Support for caregivers and care providers Teleconsultation, from A/V to tele-presence + 3D A.R. Vital data acquisition and transmission Remote actuators

19 AAL4persons: Personal and home safety and security Safety/security against external threats Distributed sensor networks & service centres, self-configuration Safety against falls and other accidents Wearable and mixed environment/wearable sensors; integration vision + inertial + localization (indoor/outdoor) + situation interpretation; implantable sensors, integration with smart orthoses (new materials) Personal activity management sensors and systems for indoor localization and monitoring; ontologies and user models - activity models for activity recognition and monitoring and for cognitive support; ubiquitous audio-video-data communication; multi-channel ut ca estimulation; uato; ubiquitous/pervasive sensing and computing + pervasive communication = Internet of Things; event streams processing and probabilistic reasoning.

20 AAL4persons: Biorobotic systems and AAL

21 AAL4persons: Biorobotic systems and AAL

22 AAL4persons: Person-centred services New generation technologies and technology enabled services for: Shopping Remote shopping, missing product services, assisted shopping in the shop environment (smart shopping cart and shelves,...) Feeding Smart cookers, lids and pots and pans, with sensors Smart meal cooking and delivery services Assisted feeding and drinking devices Personal care Self health management Autonomous dressing/undressing Personal hygiene + safety in the restroom

23 AAL in the community Social inclusion Entertainment and leisure Mobility

24 AAL in the community: Social inclusion Participation in the community life Accessing information Physical access to services and activities increasing remote access to events and services; developing local mobility networks of minibuses which move the elderly and disabled from their homes to the location of services and events; designing systems that move individuals autonomously to the desired location Creativity, hobbies, sports Cultural and experience exchange

25 AAL in the community: Entertainment and leisure Commercial/Augmented thought-provoking games Virtual navigation tests t and exercises Executive functions tests and exercises Augmented toys Interreality ygames Augmented Reality games Technology convergence and effect on research

26 AAL in the community: Entertainment and leisure Cognitive sciences Single-function brain training games TODAY commercial ecological games embedding Cognitive training Advanced Computer games TODAY research Interreality (Pervasive & AR) Games real-world objects into the game Internet of things objects have a digital identity and intelligence TODAY research 3R (Reality orientation, Reminiscence, Remotivation), Occupational Therapy cognitive training and assessment embedded (as a game) in everyday life through interreality Mid/Long term research

27 AAL in the community: Mobility Supporting pedestrian mobility; Public transport Biorobotic systems for mobility support 4G mobile telephony, From satellite to ubiquitous (indoor and outdoor) geolocalisation, Advanced web-based services and digital mapping, Near-field communication and wireless sensor networks use of web-based technologies to supply on-trip information in a variety of formats at home, to mobile devices, in vehicles, at stations, ti etc. Ambient-Assisted Driving Priority of vehicle-based autonomous systems: ESP (Electronic Stability Program); blind-spot monitoring; adaptive head lights; obstacle & collision warning; Pi Priority it of finfrastructure-related t ltdsystems: ecall; extended environmental information; RTTI (Real-time Travel and Traffic Information); dynamic traffic management; local danger warning; speed alert.

28 AAL at work Workplace accessibility and comfort Active support to work tasks Safety and work

29 Workplace accessibility and comfort Active ergonomy: individual and shared workplaces are selfconfigurable, based on workers physical and sensorial characteristics and to their preferences Dynamic, self-adapting and configuring HMI/HCI Smart environments interacting with biorobotic support to mobility (wheelchairs and beyond)

30 Active support to working tasks Robotic co-workers -> biorobotics 4 Autonomy/QoL Task monitoring and cognitive support Simpler working tasks are usually more structured than everyday life tasks Work planning support (smart agenda, integrated with AAL environments and dust intelligence)

31 safety and health at work Ubiquitous sensing + accurate models for safer worker-machine interaction Combined monitoring of physiological and environmental parameters for health In case of exposition to chemical agents In case of chronic conditions or other risk factors (cardiopulmonary, metabolic, musculo-skeletal) Stress level lmonitoring i and proactive reduction AA-driving di i

32 Outline Background AALIANCE project Roadmap and trends Main domains Enabling Technologies Conclusions

33 Enabling technologies and functions 1. Sensing 2. Reasoning 3. Acting 4. Interacting 5. Communicating

34 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.). In AAL it is better to refer to smart sensor. 1) MEMS-based miniaturized and low-cost sensor. 2) DNA-sensors for measuring genetic diseases and/or genetically modified food. 3) Sensor communication systems based on advanced mobile communication protocols. 4) MEMS sensors for food and health care applications. 5) Miniaturized energy supplies for integration in self-contained sensors. 6) Lab-on-a-chip sensing (e. g. capillary separation and optical detection). 7) Motion-control and collision-avoidance (microwave sensors). 8) Ultra-small biosensors with implanted components in medical or other applications. 9) Biosensors for various applications. 10) MEMS devices based on polymer materials.

35 Sensing (2) Se ensors Pro ocessing Powe er Short term (2013) Mid term (2020) Long term (2025) Heartbeat Detection ultra-sensitive accelerometers Invasive peripheral neural interfaces Biologically human Non-invasive peripheral neural interfaces Non-invasive cortical interfaces inspired sensors Internet-connected sensors and actuators SODA, Mulle3 Camera with object detection, Biologically inspired etc classification and recognition sensor-actuator integration Universal Positioning Galileo / GPS / MPS / WLAN / End-to-end, close-loop systems from UWB / signal space trilateration t ti Location technologies for in-door navigation Sensors for indoor localization Adaptive sensors and actuators Item identification RFID (standalone, bracelet-worn), NFC, BT, ShotCode Super low power sensors Sensors for human state detection Advanced signals and image processing for detection Algorithms for better signal filtering Advanced methods for position detection of persons; Video-motion analysis Video-motion prediction Context Acquisition and Use Valid and reliable techniques for the specific physiological signal; Energy scavenging and management sensors, actuators t and data analysis Advanced pattern recognition Sensor data aggregation and fusion from different sensors Reliable classification of relevant situations from sensor signals and context information Endless power to mobile sensors, actuators and processors (wireless/battery)

36 Reasoning (1) A core function of AAL systems is the conclusion of knowledge about the activities of the user and the current situation in this environment from low-level sensor data (daily activities iii and situations, i emergency situations, i user s mid-term and long-term behavior). Sensor fusion aspects. Emergency situations: i Motion: 1) Helplessness/lying on the floor 1) Occupancy of rooms 2) Indicators of falls 2) Locomotion 3) Motionlessness 3) Quality and quantity of motion. 4) Cii Critical values in vital parameters. Activities of daily living: 1) Sleeping 2) Til Toilet usage 3) Personal hygiene 4) Preparation of meals. Psychosocial lbh behavior: 1) Going out 2) Meeting people 3) Communication. Vital parameters: 1) Pulse rate 2) Respiration rate 3) Blood pressure 4) Body weight.

37 Reasoning (2)

38 Acting (1) - Rehabilitation Mechatronic technologies for AAL, including operative robot, wearable robot for rehabilitation and assistive purposes. Technological l changes: Human musculoskeletal actuators (artificial muscles) Models for control

39 Acting (2) Robotic interaction Neural Machine interfaces for actuating mechatronic devices Invasive methods (cortex, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, muscles, etc ) Non Invasive methods (needles, cuff in tissues, etc ) Surface methods (EMG, EEG, etc ) Technological changes: Brain Computer Interface (BCI)

40 Acting (3) Internet-connected sensor and actuators The integration of sensors and the Internet presents some issues that can fully exploit the capabilities of WSNs. Pervasive distribution of intelligence and sensing throughout the home environment Technological changes: Internet of Things

41 Acting (4) Robotic appliances Personal robots are being investigated also as robotic appliances.

42 Acting (5) Companion robot 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 dua needs; exercising robots; medical support; reaching high h acceptance by inexperienced i users; 24-hour service in household environments; robots in environments dangerous to humans; mobility; incremental development of robots.

43 Interacting Human beings and machines will be surrounded by intelligent interfaces supported by computing and networking technology in everyday objects. Timeline Topic Common generic interface standards. Toolkits. Living labs. User initiative, adaptable interfaces Local (touch) screen-based Context-awareness of predefined factors Standalone products (including mobile phones) Mixed initiative, self-adaptive interfaces Rich interaction through distributed objects. Gestures. Learning Products networked inside home Avatar robots, brain-computer interfaces Social + emotional awareness

44 Communicating (1) In AAL System infrastructures are becoming pervasive, with an increasing number of distributed devices that can communicate between themselves as well as with centralized services. Network Context Local or home Public area Domotics Personal or body Connectivity and protocols Data Exchange Understanding data Dynamic composition of systems and services

45 Communicating (2) Internet of Things Internet of People Internet of Presence Service Era Communication Era Virtual Presence Era

46 Outline Background AALIANCE project Roadmap and trends Main domains Enabling Technologies Conclusions

47 Conclusions Necessity to: Cooperation and synergies between research organizations, i end-user organizations and industries for an excellent development of products and services. Provide a framework for stakeholders, led by industry, in order to define research and development priorities Improve the collaboration within the AAL value chain in Europe Reinforce the position of European providers of AAL solutions in a global context Work with primary users: patients and caregiversers to focus on real needs. Funds and investment for innovation.

48 Next step: a Strategic Research Agenda for AAL in Europe Future Scenarios and Products identification Roadmapping enabling technologies, products and scenarios, identifying challenges SRA EU policies and strategic objectives Prioritizing challenges A comprehensive action plan addressing challenges in the framework of the existing EU instruments for Research and Innovation support (FP7, AAL JP, ICT-PSP)

49 End Questions? Filippo Cavallo Electronic Engineer PhD Post Doctoral Researcher ARTS Lab Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna - Polo Sant'Anna Valdera Viale Rinaldo Piaggio, Pontedera, Pisa - ITALY Phone: Fax: f.cavallo@sssup.it **************************************************************************