Architecture and Software Design for a Service Robot in an Elderly-Care Scenario

作者：Hendrich Norman^*; Bistry Hannes; Zhang Jianwei

来源：Engineering, 2015, 1(1): 27-35.

DOI：10.15302/J-ENG-2015007

• service robots
• ambient assisted living
• manipulation and grasping
• user study

Systems for ambient assisted living (AAL) that integrate service robots with sensor networks and user monitoring can help elderly people with their daily activities, allowing them to stay in their homes and live active lives for as long as possible. In this paper, we outline the AAL system currently developed in the European project Robot-Era, and describe the engineering aspects and the service oriented software architecture of the domestic robot, a service robot with advanced manipulation capabilities. Based on the robot operating system (ROS) middleware. our software integrates a large set of advanced algorithms for navigation, perception. and manipulation. In tests with real end users, the performance and acceptability of the platform are evaluated.

• 出版日期2015-3