Human-in-the-Loop Adaptation and Reuse of Robot Assistance Policies for Ambient Assisted Living

—Personalisation and adaptation of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) solutions is the subject of many existing works, which seek to embed and/or learn user preferences and needs. However, with a focus on lab-based evaluation, it has been easy to overlook the potential realities of what AAL might look like in the future: a range of heterogeneous platforms, devices, and robots will generate swathes of knowledge that must be shared, within and outside the home. As such, it is important to consider scalability and interoperability in every aspect of future AAL solutions. Adaptivity as a Service (AaaS) is proposed as a highly specialised service with a core function of personalising and adapting smart homes and AAL systems to the needs and wants of individuals.