Context-Aware Multimodal Robotic Health Assistant

Abstract

Reduced adherence to medical regimen has led to poorer health, more frequent hospitalization and costs the American economy over $290 Billion annually. EasyHealth Assistant (EHA) is a context aware and interactive robot that helps patients receive their medication in the prescribed dosage at the right time. Additionally, EHA features multimodal elements such as Face Recognition, Speech Recognition + TTS, Motion Sensing and MindWave (EEG) interactions that were developed using W3C MMI Architecture and Markup Languages. EHA improves the Caregiver/ Doctor -- Patient collaboration with tools like Remote control and Video conference. It also provides the Caregivers with real-time statistics and allows easy monitoring of medical adherence and health vitals, which should result in improved outcome for the patient.