Cognitive Assessment for Elderly Using Social Robots
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Cognitive Assessment for Elderly Using Social Robots
Yazar:
Muniraju, Kiran, author.
ISBN:
9780438076617
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1 electronic resource (88 pages)
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Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 57-06M(E).
Advisors: Sheng Weihua Committee members: He Bai; Ramakumar R. G.
Özet:
The concept of having robots for assisting individuals in their daily activities is a breakthrough in the field of automation and robotics. The surge of elderly population and high maintenance costs for taking care of them lead to need for alternatives. With recent study suggesting a decline in number of caregivers for elder people living in remote areas, the idea of using companion robots to replace them was coined. These robots should be capable of superseding caregivers. These robots are expected to assist older adults in their daily activities including reminding them to take medication and visit doctors, testing their mental, physical health etc. The robot should make an effort to keep the elderly entertained and connected with their family and friends to reduce the chance of illness and loneliness. The thesis is aimed to develop a robotic platform that conducts cognitive assessment for the elderly people. The robot is able to ask questions based on time, space and memory recall and the responses from the user are collected. With the help of a natural language processing package called SyntaxNet, the robot evaluates the answers given by the user, generates a score and provides a detailed report for the session conducted. The report is used to evaluate the progression of the cognitive impairment by caregivers or physicians. On achieving positive results, the same mechanism using Natural Language Tool Kit was tested on a Raspberry Pi computer. The whole system was developed and implemented on our ASCC Companion Robot. The system was tested on people from different ages, race and English accent, which resulted in satisfying results.
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School code: 0664
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