Intelligent Remote System for Elderly Care

• Main Author: 李宗霖
• Other Authors: 任復華
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/12644786983159286051

碩士 === 明新科技大學 === 精密機電工程研究所 === 99 === Due to the development of the aging society, elderly care becomes more and more important. There are several problems encountered by social service agencies, including shortage of man-power, insufficiency for proper entertainments, and mental pressure for elderly under a monitoring environment. The purpose of this study is to design and develop an intelligent service robot system used in a social service agency. The system is an interactive system that includes a pet robot, a wheeled security robot, and a system interface. These features make this system a remote elderly care system. This study provides a solution for elderly care with an intelligent remote system. It combines intelligent robots with security, entertainment, remote monitoring features all together. The system can help in reducing man-power cost. The pet robot, used for accompanying elderly with entertainment function, can transmit the interaction condition with elderly to the system interface through a sensory system. Another security robot, after receiving signals from the system, can act as an access control or a guide service. It prevents that elderly jeopardize themselves by leaving a secured environment. The system interface hosted in the monitoring room can display the status of elderly activities to ensure the safety condition. There were many examples of service robots used in elderly care. However, most of them emphasize on their own functions without integrating others. This research particularly provides a monitoring system that will not let the elderly feel mental pressure by using pet robot. Such system may satisfy many social aspects in elderly care provided by social service agencies.