ALMA

ALMA aims to support the autonomous mobility, navigation, and orientation of the mobility-impaired person (elderly and/or temporarily or permanently disabled person) through the realisation and ...

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Objectives

The objective of ALMA is to provide a modular, low-cost, integrated system to support autonomous mobility and orientation for the elder and, more in general, for the person with cognitive and/or mobility impairments. ALMA will develop a set of modules that can work in isolation or in cooperation, for: localisation, tracking, path planning and navigation, service search and scheduling, autonomous wheelchair mobility, and interfacing with the user.

Expected results and impact

The project will results in a set of modules for navigation, localisation, planning, monitoring, and interfacing, that can be assembled and configured according to different needs, budgets, and available resources. The ALMA modules/system will target a number of different scenarios, ranging from the individual use in domestic environments to the multiple and collective use in large care- and assistance-giving facilities, where they can be conveniently integrated with existing hw/sw technologies.

Partners

Partners involved in the ALMA project

Organization Type Country Website
Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI) R&D Switzerland www.supsi.ch
Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione R&D Italy www.polimi.it
Info Solution SpA SME Italy www.infosolution.it
VCA Technology Ltd. SME United Kingdom www.vcatechnology.com
Istituti Sociali di Chiasso End User Switzerland www.chiasso.ch
Clinica Hildebrand End User Switzerland www.clinica-hildebrand.ch
University of Wurzburg, Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Justice, Legal Theory, Information and Computer Science Law R&D Germany www.uni-wuerzburg.de
Degonda Rehab SA SME Switzerland www.degonda.ch
  • Project name: ALMA: Ageing without Losing Mobility and Autonomy
  • Website: http://www.alma-aal.org/ 
  • Coordinator: Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI)
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Starting Date: 02.04.2013
  • Total budget: € 2.997.526
  • Public contribution: € 1.435.220

Contact

Gianni Di Caro

E.: gianni@idsia.ch

T.: +41 76 2203264

VIRGILIUS

VIRGILIUS project will implement a system which will provide services to be tested in the following scenarios: Hospital orientation: Considering the orientation difficulty encountered by the elders ...

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Objectives

 

The goal of VIRGILIUS is to provide a seamless transnational out- and indoor location and navigation service to elders, integrated with a set of a value added services centred on the person, with the aim to support his/her well-being while on the move.

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The system/service will be applicable to different life situations as well as adaptable to different users needs and requirement depending on capabilities, attitude, country of origin and of destination and education.

 

Expected results and impact

The target of the project is to provide a simple, accessible, usable and intuitive system with a personalised interface adaptable to changing end-users “abilities” and requirements. Increase the elders’ mobility guaranteeing a high level of the autonomy and enhancing the person individual sense of confidence, autonomy, competence, security and safety.

Partners

Partners involved in the VIRGILIUS project

Organization Type Country Website
Telespazio Large Industry Italy www.telespazio.com
Rartel Large Industry Romania www.rartel.com
ArxIT SA consulting SME Switzerland www.arxit.com
National Philatelic Museum End User Romania www.muzeulfilatelic.ro
University of Geneva R&D Switzerland www.unige.com
  • Project name: VIRGILIUS – A Guide to Elders’ Well Being
  • Website: www.virgilius.eu
  • Coordinator: Telespazio S.p.A
  • Duration: 30 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.06.2012
  • Total budget: € 3.212.863,90
  • Public contribution: € 1.594.043,66

Contact

Pierpaolo Pilloni

E.: pierpaolo.pilloni@telespazio.com

T.: +39 06 4079 6310

ASSAM

For non-electric platforms, the Navigation Aid comprises odometry hardware in cooperation with a smartphone or tablet computer with GPS that interacts with Open Street Maps for precise navigation. ...

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Objectives

The ASSAM project aims to compensate for declining physical and cognitive capabilities of elderly persons by user-centred development of modular navigation assistants for various mobility platforms, such as walker, wheelchair, and tricycle, enabling sustained everyday mobility and autonomy with seamless transition from indoors to outdoors in environments such as residential complexes, the neighbourhood quarter, or touristic areas. Modular assistance systems provide obstacle avoidance, navigational aid, cognitive assistance for visual impairment, and security by connection to a care centre in emergency situations.

Expected results and impact

Hardware and software variants of the mobility assistants (Navigation Aid, Driving Aid, Navigation Assistant) for the walker, wheelchair, and tricycle platforms will be developed and marketed within two years after the project end. Affordable add-on hardware for the platform-independent Navigation Aid, easily adaptable to non-electric wheelchairs and walkers by many manufacturers, will achieve a high market penetration. The ASSAM Forum will be set up for enterprises such as shopping centres, hotels, hospitals, airports or cities who intend to buy mobility assistants in numbers to rent to their clients for sharing.

Partners

Partners involved in the ASSAM project

Organization Type Country Website
DFKI GmbH R&D Germany www.dfki.de
Budelmann Elektronik End User Germany www.budelmann-elektronik.com
Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V. End User Germany www.johanniter.de
neusta mobile solutions GmbH R&D Germany www.neusta.de
Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya R&D Spain esaii.upc.edu
Centre de vida independent SME / End User Spain www.cvi-bcn.org
Utrecht School of the Arts R&D The Netherlands kmt.hku.nl
Stichting Bartiméus SME / End User The Netherlands www.accessibility.nl
Ecobike R&D Spain www.ecobike.com
Lifante Vehicles, S.A. SME Spain www.lifante.net
  • Project name: Assistants for Safe Mobility – ASSAM
  • Website: www.assam-project.eu
  • Coordinator: German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH)
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.06.2012
  • Total budget: € 2.979.164
  • Public contribution: € 2.039.942

Contact

Prof. Dr. Bernd Krieg-Brückner

E.: Bernd.Krieg-Brueckner@DFKI.de

T.: +49 421 218 64220

ASSISTANT

Enabling older users to confidently and safely use public transport, and providing a safety net when route mishaps happen, is the goal of the ASSISTANT project. The main target group of ASSISTANT is ...

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Objectives

One of the requirements for successful and independent ageing is to be engaged in the world and the mobility of older people is the first step for this. The ASSISTANT project will aid them in using public transport anywhere (rural/urban) and provide a simple yet effective safety line for them. The single most effective feedback of the ASSISTANT system is to remind the user when to exit the bus/metro or change direction, a very critical yet to-date unsupported feedback element in travelling which allows the user to enjoy the time of journey without constantly checking the progress of the vehicle.

Expected results and impact

The most important result will be bringing a product to market. There are two tracks for this: 1) taking ASSISTANT directly from the project to a commercial offering, and 2) incorporating the ASSISTANT results into an existing commercial offering. Supporting these two ends, ASSISTANT will be standards based, and documented (including design rationale) so that the results of ASSISTANT can be used with a minimum of overhead.   Partners will also undertake dissemination activities locally. Additionally, the project will pursue scientific dissemination of results via academic and industrial communities.

Partners

Partners involved in the ASSISTANT project

Organization Type Country Website
Fundación Tecnalia Large Industry Spain www.tecnalia.com
Andago Ingeniería S.L. SME Spain www.andago.com
Citruna Technologies Oy SME Finland www.andago.com
E-Seniors SME France www.eseniors.eu
Fara OY SME Finland www.fara.no
Transport & Travel Research Ltd. SME United Kingdom www.ttr-ltd.com
University of Vienna R&D Austria www.univie.ac.at
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland R&D Finland http://www.vtt.fi
  • Project name: Aiding SuStainable Independent Senior TrAvellers to Navigate in Towns – ASSISTANT
  • Website: http://aal-assistant.eu
  • Coordinator: Fundación Tecnalia, Spain
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.06.2012
  • Total budget: €2.666.015
  • Public contribution: €1.410.848

Contact

Stefan Carmien

E.: stefan.carmien@tecnlia.com

T.: (+34) 667 119 685

COM’ON

COM’ON addresses the perceived orientation/navigation challenges and special needs that older persons experience throughout the whole chain of travel, using public transportation. COM’ON will exploit ...

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Objectives

The overall objective for COM’ON s to develop, test and deploy a digital platform and associated services for public transportation, which offer coping support to older persons – having mild to moderate problems with moving around. COM’ON will enhance their sense of self-efficacy through:

  • Confidence and autonomy, through specific mobility information;
  • Competence, by designing interfaces reflecting mental resources;
  • Security and safety through access to assistance.

Expected results and impact

The COM’ON platform and associated services will increase user’s experience of independence, confidence and save resources through the increased use of public transport. Family members will be able to support their relatives, and encourage them to maintain their mobility and increase their self-reliance. Help elderly to stay longer in their own homes, reducing public sector cost deriving from nursing homes etc.

Partners

Partners involved in the COM’ON project

Organization Type Country Website
Copenhagen Living Lab SME Denmark www.copenhagenlivinglab.com
Xtel SME Denmark www.xtel.dk
ACTIMO SME Denmark www.actimo.dk
Laurea University of Applied Sciences R&D Finland www.laurea.fi
Nearparent Oy SME Finland www.nearparent.com
Enthoven Associates SME Belgium www.yellowwindow.com
Concept Factory SME Luxembourg www.conceptfactory.lu
I2CAT SME Spain www.i2cat.net
City of Luxembourg End User Luxembourg www.vdl.lu
  • Project name: Confident motion, COM’ON
  • Website: www.comon.lu
  • Coordinator: Copenhagen Living Lab, Denmark
  • Duration: 28 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.03.2012
  • Total budget: € 2.698.711
  • Public contribution: € 1.444.665

Contact

Thomas Hammer-Jakobsen

E.: hamm@copenhagenlivinglab.com

T.: +45 2023 2205

CONFIDENCE

CONFIDENCE offers a location-augmented voice channel (care persons are able to assist lost patients with voice instructions in order to bring them back to well-known places), a virtual video channel ...

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Objectives

The aim of CONFIDENCE is to develop a community-based mobility safeguarding assistance service for people suffering from mild to moderate dementia. CONFIDENCE combines “assistive technologies” with “personal help”. The CONFIDENCE service is built around a “virtual companion” providing different levels of assistance, depending on the situational needs of the patient and the degree of orientation loss. The service is supplemented with personal help from family members, staff of home care agencies and/or trusted volunteers.

Expected results and impact

From a technical point of view, the expected outcome of CONFIDENCE is a mobility safeguarding assistance service running on a smartphone. It consists of a location-augmented voice service, a virtual video service, a location tracking service and a mobile community service. The technical solution is supplemented by an innovative, cooperative service model, which involves all relevant stakeholders of home care. CONFIDENCE aims at designing, implementing, testing and validating the technical solution as well as the service model.

Partners

Partners involved in the CONFIDENCE project

Organization Type Country Website
Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft m.b.H. R&D Austria www.salzburgresearch.at
iHomeLab, Hochschule Luzern R&D Switzerland www.ihomelab.ch
Raiffeisenlandesbank Kaernten -Rechenzentrum und Revisionsverband, reg. Gen.m.b.H. Large Industry Austria www.raiffeisen-rechenzentrum.at
ilogs mobile software GmbH SME Austria www.ilogs.at
Presence displays bv. SME Netherlands www.yooom.com
Ralph Eichenberger Szenografie Cinematografie Fotografie SME Switzerland www.szenografie.com
Hilfswerk Salzburg End User Austria www.hilfswerk.at/salzburg
terzStiftung End User Switzerland www.terzstiftung.ch
Ana Aslan International Foundation/Academy of Ageing End User Romania www.brainaging.ro
Swisscom Participations Ltd Large Industry Switzerland www.swisscom.com
  • Project name: Mobility Safeguarding Assistance Service with Community Functionality for People with Dementia – CONFIDENCE
  • Website: www.confidence4you.eu
  • Coordinator: Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft m.b.H.
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.06.2012
  • Total budget: € 2.820.158
  • Public contribution: € 1.526.321,49

Contact

Cornelia Schneider

E.: cornelia.schneider@salzburgresearch.at

T.: +43/662/2288-418

DOSSY

Supporting outdoor activities is a fast growing and important field in the area of software and hardware development. Taking into account, that outdoor activities become a more and more important ...

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Objectives

Taking into account, that outdoor activities become a more and more important part of the lives of elderly people it stands for a self-determined life to be able to practise outdoor activities irrespective of one’s age and constitution. Outdoor activities contribute largely to the health and well-being of the elderly and improve their quality of life.

The demographic changes in the next years show a significant growth of the elderly population within Europe. A commercial roll out of the developed system can contribute to a better health, enabling elderly people to keep up their mobility.

Expected results and impact

The expected result is a system which is deployed as an app on selected, outdoor-suitable mobile devices. The app includes a hiking guide, high quality route information and basic safety system, which constantly checks the surrounding conditions (weather, daylight) for critical situations. The app is connected to an emergency centre which is notified in critical situations and, based on the location information, can send out rescue teams. Notifications can be triggered manually or using a built-in tracking tool, which works on reaching preliminary defined GPS control points along the tour.

Partners

Partners involved in the DOSSy project

Organization Type Country Website
University of St. Gallen R&D Switzerland www.iwi.unisg.ch
University of Applied Sciences St. Gallen R&D Switzerland www.fhsg.ch
Curena AG SME Switzerland www.curena.ch
Augmentra Ltd. SME United Kingdom www.viewranger.com
Bergverlag Rother GmbH SME Germany www.rother.de
German Red Cross Herten End User Germany www.drk-herten.de
Schweizer Alpen Club (SAC) End User Switzerland www.sac-cas.ch
  • Project name: Digital Outdoor And Safety System (DOSSy)
  • Website: www.dossy-aal.com
  • Coordinator: University of St. Gallen, Institute of Information Management
  • Duration: 24 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.08.2012
  • Total budget: € 1.568.577,10
  • Public contribution: € 733.757,90

Contact

Peter Schenkel

E.: peter.schenkel@unisg.ch

T.: +41 71 224 3795

E-MOSION

The solution will be based on a combination of existing and future open mobile platforms, an IP connected server platform and a home security sensor network. Applications for these will be developed ...

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Objectives

The proposal aims at enabling integral outdoor and indoor localisation and mobility services for elderly people with age-related sensory (visual, auditory) and cognitive (memory) impairments that help them in their daily routine activities far from home. Special attention will be given to key activities for their autonomous living (e.g. shopping, banking) and with a particular societal benefit (e.g. accompanying grandchildren); procuring active and convenient engagement of all relevant stakeholders (relatives, health-social-security services, establishments).

Expected results and impact

The aim to create an open platform in E-MOSION highlights the need and wish of the consortium to be compatible to or even better reuse other open AAL platforms, such as universAAL. As AIT is partner in universAAL there will be the possibility for a close collaboration and thus the chance to enable a European AAL ecosystem for the creation of market solutions. E-MOSION offers a suite of services delivered in an innovative business model that offers an unprecedented value proposition. Exploitation and utilisation is possible on two fronts – businesses and primary users.

Partners

Partners involved in the E-MOSION project

Organization Type Country Website
INTEGRASYS SME Spain www.integrasys-sa.com
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH R&D Austria www.ait.ac.at
Noldus Information Technology BV SME Netherlands www.noldus.com
INERTIA Technology SME Netherlands inertia-technology.com
MATTERSOFT SME Finland www.mattersoft.fi
Unie KBO End User Netherlands www.uniekbo.nl
  • Project name: E-MOSION: Elderly friendly MObility Services for Indoor and Outdoor sceNarios
  • Website: www.emosion-project.eu 
  • Coordinator: Integrasys S.A. (Spain)
  • Duration: 30 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.07.2012
  • Total budget: € 2.413.672,80
  • Public contribution: € 1.538.170,00

Contact

José Manuel Sánchez Delgado

E.: jose.sanchez@integrasys-sa.com

T.: +34 916316846

 

EXO-LEGS

The overall work plan is organised in 6 workpackages which comprise the following: 1) WP1 (End users and scenarios): Setting up and managing a stakeholder pool with ethical considerations so the ...

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Objectives

EXO-LEGS is aimed at developing lower body mobility exoskeletons for helping people move around to perform normal daily living tasks. The motions include tasks such as standing up, sitting down, straight walking on flat ground, stepping over objects, walking on soft and uneven ground, walking up- and down-stairs, etc. EXO-LEGS will develop theoretical and modular frameworks able to realise prototype devices that can be useful for assisting human mobility. Basic, Standard and Deluxe exoskeleton prototypes (half- and full- models) will be designed, developed and tested in the five target EU countries.

Expected results and impact

The project targets research to AAL scenarios requiring simple, standard and difficult mobility solutions for maximising the impact so that logical commercialisation can follow together with making advances in key scientific areas. Commercial exoskeleton products which are reliable, affordable and compliant to the ISO 13482 safety standard for exoskeletons will be focused upon. Once these solutions are available, other user segments will be able to benefit, namely, handicapped persons, overweight people, etc to increase the impact further. An EXO-LEGS Consortium Agreement has been signed for commercialising in both medical and non-medical sectors.

Partners

Partners involved in the EXO-LEGS project

Organization Type Country Website
University of Gävle R&D Sweden www.hig.se
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology R&D Germany rob.ipr.kit.edu
Universidad Politécnica de Cartegena R&D Spain www.upct.es
Chas A Blatchford & Sons Limited SME United Kingdom www.blatchford.co.uk
Hocoma AG SME Switzerland www.hocoma.ch
GIGATRONIK Technologies GmbH SME Germany www.gigatronik.de
MRK Systeme GmbH SME Germany www.MRK-Systeme.de
Proyecto Control Montaje, S.L. SME Spain www.pcmsl.com
Mobile Robotics Sweden AB SME Sweden www.mobile-robotics.com
Gävle kommun and other Gävleborg partners End User Sweden www.gavle.se
  • Project name: Exoskeleton Legs for Elderly Persons (EXO-LEGS)
  • Website: www.exo-legs.org
  • Coordinator: University of Gävle, Sweden
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.10.2012
  • Total budget: €4.559.117
  • Public contribution: €2.776.346

Contact

Professor Gurvinder S. Virk

E.: gurvinder.virk@hig.se

T.: +46 26 648704

GAMEUP

The project will develop a platform for social and exercise games that shall motive elderly to exercise more and correctly. Game-based technologies and persuasive technologies will be used to ...

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Objectives

The main objective of GameUp is to develop a platform for social and exercise games to reduce physical and motivational barriers of elderly people’s mobility.

The main contribution of the GameUp products and services is to sustain mobility of senior citizens, prolonging the time they can live autonomously in their preferred home environment and consequently enhance quality of life.

Examples are games or game-based technology that will help to better the balance and leg strength of the users. Social aspects and good feedback will be used as motivation.

Expected results and impact

Products and services will include social exergames that for instance will help balance and leg strength, and the games will be adaptable for physical limitations that are normal amongst elderly such as deteriorating sight and hearing, problems with grip, etc. The games will also be adapted to the elderly’s needs of taking the time they need. The platform developed will be social so that the users can play together – but maybe not simultaneously. The main impacts of the project are new fun tools for elderly to maintain mobility to stay at home longer, and a new type of useful products for elderly.

Partners

Partners involved in the GameUp project

Organization Type Country Website
Ibernex Large Industry Spain www.ibernex.es
UniversityofSeville R&D Spain www.us.es
Klinik Valens End user Switzerland www.klinik-valens.ch
Northern Research Institute R&D Norway www.itek.norut.no
Cyberlab.org as SME Norway www.cyberlab.org
Tromsøysund menighet End user Norway www.ishavskatedralen.no
O-Berri End user Spain
  • Project name: Game-based mobility training and motivation of senior citizens – GameUp
  • Website: www.gameupproject.eu
  • Coordinator: IBERNEX Ingeniería S.L.
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Starting Date: 01.04.2012
  • Total budget: € 2.226.345,00
  • Public contribution: € 1.041.306,00

Contact

Antonio Remartinez

E.: antonio.remartinez@ibernex.es

T.: +34976794226

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