title: High level functions for the intuitive use of an assistive robot.
abstract: This document presents the research project ARMEN (Assistive Robotics to Maintain Elderly People in a Natural environment), aimed at the development of a user friendly robot with advanced functions for assistance to elderly or disabled persons at home. Focus is given to the robot SAM (Smart Autonomous Majordomo) and its new features of navigation, manipulation, object recognition, and knowledge representation developed for the intuitive supervision of the robot. The results of the technical evaluations show the value and potential of these functions for practical applications. The paper also documents the details of the clinical evaluations carried out with elderly and disabled persons in a therapeutic setting to validate the project.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lebec
authors.forename: Mohamed Walid
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Ben Ghezala
authors.forename: Violaine
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Leynart
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Laffont
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fattal
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Devilliers
authors.forename: Clement
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chastagnol
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Youcef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mezouar
authors.forename: Hermanth
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Korrapatti
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dupourqué
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leroux
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D054928:Validation Studies as Topic