Active and Healthy Ageing: Development of a Robotic Platform as an Exercise Trainer

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Pub Date : 2017-06-21 DOI:10.1145/3056540.3076195

Ahmad Lotfi, C. Langensiepen, Yahaya Salisu Wada

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In this paper a new robotic system is introduced that will engage, coach, assess and motivate the elderly in physical exercises that are recommended by the National Health Services (NHS) in the UK. With the rise in the population of the elderly which is expected to triple by 2050, this robotic system will aims to improve the quality of life for a significant proportion of the population. Physical activities have tremendous benefit to elderly people. Regular exercise helps the elderly by improving their physical fitness, immune system, sleep and stress levels, not to mention the countless health problems it reduces such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, dementia, obesity, joint pains etc. Having a human instructor for each elderly person is not feasible due to the increase in the population of the elderly. The solution to this, therefore, is having a Exercise Trainer Socially Assistive Robot (ETSAR) that engages the elderly in the needed physical activity, coaches, motivates and also assesses their performance.

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积极和健康的老龄化:机器人运动训练平台的发展

在这篇论文中，介绍了一个新的机器人系统，它将参与、指导、评估和激励老年人进行英国国家卫生服务(NHS)推荐的体育锻炼。随着老年人口的增加，预计到2050年将增加两倍，这个机器人系统将致力于改善相当一部分人口的生活质量。体育活动对老年人有巨大的好处。有规律的运动可以帮助老年人改善他们的身体素质、免疫系统、睡眠和压力水平，更不用说它可以减少无数的健康问题，如糖尿病、心血管疾病、痴呆、肥胖、关节痛等。由于老年人口的增加，为每个老年人配备一名人类教练是不可行的。因此，解决这个问题的方法是拥有一个运动教练社会辅助机器人(ETSAR)，它可以让老年人参与所需的体育活动，指导，激励并评估他们的表现。

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