Time

Wednesday the 15th of September

Track R
Track Chair: Filippo Cavallo, Dr., Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Track rationale

The focus of the track is on robotics and assistant living from every perspective. The assistive technologies are part of active ageing and independent living; there is a need and demand for new, smart solutions.

In this track you will hear the expert speakers and have the possibility to join the discussions on AAL subjects and technologies. The speakers are carefully chosen in order to introduce you to the possibilities and needs related to the change in society and the growing elderly population. Views on how to prioritize now and in the future will be presented, as well as views on subjects such as ethical perspectives when caring for elderly with dementia or other special needs of care. Be introduced to assistive technologies and thoughts on training and rehabilitation, economy, investment, market and consumer needs.

The elderly population is growing, thus new solutions and technologies are in high demand.

The key question often is; ‘What can we afford?’ but should it rather be; ‘Can we afford not to?’…

Theme

Robotics enabled Assistive Living

16.30-18.00

R1: World Map of Robotics Enabled (and Ambient) Assisted Living

Session Rationale

With a focus on market analysis and investment in an Ambient Assisted Living perspective, this session will give a broad introduction to the topic by presenting a road map, the economic aspects, statistics and prognoses as well as consumer trends arising from the needs of an ageing population.

Speakers

Chair: Filippo Cavallo, Dr., Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

Henrik Christensen, Prof., Georgia Institute of Technology: A roadmap for robotics in the US

Mariko Fujiwara.pdf, Research Director, Hakuhodo Institute of Life and Living, Hakuhodo Inc.: Robotics in daily living among the ageing population in Japan

Martin Haegele, Fraunhofer IPA: A Short Overview Robotics Enabled and Ambient Assisted Living

Time

Thursday the 16th of September

09.00-10.30

R2: Local Danish AAL players

Session Rationale

The conference room is a bus which will take you on a guided tour to the local Danish key players on Robotics, Health Care and Welfare in Southern Denmark, situated in the Research Park of Odense. You will see where the work is done, get a presentation of projects and have the opportunity to touch and try the technologies. On this tour you will meet University of Southern Denmark (research), Danish Technological Institute (innovation process) and Region of Southern Denmark (living lab, user engagement and test)

Speakers

Chair: Claus Risager, Head of centre, Danish Technological Institute

Christian Klit Johansen, Project Manager & Jørgen Jakob Friis, Manager of RoboDays, RoboCluster: Visit to RoboLab at the University of Southern Denmark (research)

Claus Risager, Head of Center & Troels Vilms Poulsen, Danish Technological Institute: Guided bus tour to local key players

Ole Vestergaard Poulsen, Head of Center & Carina Lykke Johannessen,Crosspoint Navigator, Region Syddanmark: A User intergrated innovation center for creating and renewing hospitals in Denmark

13.00-14.30

R3: Social human-robot interaction and Ethics

Session Rationale

Is an automatic bath cabin to be comparable to a carwash where the residents of, say, a nursing home, will get their daily bath in a mechanised manner without human contact and care? Or can a bath cabin be a dignified alternative to the current solutions? Is the robotic seal Paro an affront to our care of people with dementia? Or is Paro an essential complement to the socio-educational and therapeutic care for people with dementia?

The ethical issues are important and several in relation to a wide range of welfare technologies that become increasingly widespread in the public welfare sector in the coming years. Most recently, the Danish Council of Ethics published a report on social robots which concluded, among other things, that we should use technologies in order to save human resources for services that require real human contact, namely caring through human company, conversation, tenderness and touching. But where will it all end? And how do we ensure that social robots are used appropriately and not at the expense of human contact?

Speakers

Chair: Joergen Loekkegaard, Project manager, Danish Technological Institute, Center for Robot Technology

Takanori Shibata, Dr., AIST, Japan: Life Innovation with Thereutic Robot, Paro

Lone Gaedt, Centre for Robot Technology: Stories about effect of Paro

Dick van der Pijl.pdf,MSc., Focal Meditech BV: Personal robotics for the handicapped - just the same or radically different?

Joanna Bryson.pdf, Dr., The University of Bath: Who is Responsible?  Ethics and Robots

Tobias Bachhausen.pdf, Beziehungen pflegen UG (haftungsbeschränkt): From 0 to 9 - Seal-Robot PARO in Germany

Barbara Klein, Prof. Dr., University of Applied Sciences - Frankfurt: Emotional Robotics - Impact on Social Interaction in different application fields. First experiences of teaching research projects with Paro

15.00-16.30

R4: Tele-robotics, Logistic services, Social services

Session Rationale

The new technologies give people the possibility to extend the time they live in their own homes, due to a higher degree of autonomy. The assistive technologies give the end users an increased feeling of security and support the carers. This session gives a broad presentation of the newest technologies within the field of Ambient Assisted Living to be used in the health care system and in private homes.                  

Speakers

Chair: Peter Wintlev-Jensen, Head of Sector, European Commission

Birgit Graf, Dr., Fraunhofer IPA: Applying Advanced Service Robots in Eldercare Facilities: Requirements, Scenarios and Outcomes

Stephen von Rumph.pdf, Giraff Technologies AB: Beyond User Requirements: Understanding the Care Organization

Kasper Hallenborg, Maersk Institute, University of Southern Denmark: Challenges and experiences in developing a robotic solution to handle laundry in nursing homes

Michael John, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Architecture and Software technology (FIRST): Silvergame – A serious online gaming platform for social inclusion of elderly people

Time

Friday the 17th of September

09.00-10.30

R5: Rehabilitation, Training, Assistive Technologies

Session Rationale

The use of assistive technologies for rehabilitation and training have over the past several years been one of major issues, especially in the elderly care sector.

Many professionals in the elder care field have attempted to define the concept of rehabilitation and grappled with the challenge of formulating a practical strategy to the benefit of elderly people in the community.

There are many ways to work with rehabilitation, which can be summarised as follows: you must again be the boss of your own life! You must train and rehearse to again be able to help yourself and live independently.

The session will include some exciting presentations for discussion and inspiration.

Speakers

Chair: Jerry Vinter, Project Manager HrD., Danish Technological Institut

Sergi Bermúdez i Badia, Dr., Universitat Pompeu Fabra: The Rehabilitation Gaming System: a Low Cost Solution for at Home Rehabilitation and Monitoring

Franz Stieger.pdf, simon listens non profit research organization: simon - natural language interface between end-users and assistant robotscontrol

Carmen Pastor, TECNALIA (Health & Quality of Life Unit): COMPANIONABLE – Integrated Cognitive Assistive & Domotic Companion Robotic Systems for Ability

Lis Puggaard, Senior consultant, Ph.d., COWI: Aging, functional ability and physical activity