Focus topic: | Life Science Technologies |
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Type of funding: | Project funding programmes |
Programme: | CZS Breakthroughs |
Funded institution: |
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Two different assistance systems are being researched: Avatars and assistance robots. The aim is to enable seniors to communicate with remote relatives in their own homes as if they were there.
Goals
Loneliness due to physical distance and limited mobility is a major challenge for older people. The aim of this research project is to enable seniors to communicate and interact with distant relatives or friends in their homes as if they were present (co-presence). For this purpose, two different support systems are investigated: Avatars and assistance robots. How to improve the user experience and co-presence of augmented reality (AR) and robotics solutions? How can the environment, but also the pose, speech and facial expressions of interlocutors be captured in such a way that interaction can be generated as naturally as possible? These and similar questions will be analyzed in the research project.
Involved persons:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Raake
Technische Universität Ilmenau
Detailed information:
Focus topic: | Life Science Technologies |
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Programme: | CZS Breakthroughs |
Type of funding: | Project funding programmes |
Target group: | Professors |
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Funding budget: | 4.497.000 € |
Period of time: | Juni 2021 - Mai 2026 |