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The I-Walk Assistive Robot

A Multimodal Intelligent Robotic Rollator Providing Cognitive and Mobility Assistance to the Elderly and Motor-Impaired

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Robotic rollators can play a significant role as assistive devices for people with impaired movement and mild cognitive deficit. This paper presents an overview of the i-Walk concept; an intelligent robotic rollator offering cognitive and ambulatory assistance to people with light to moderate movement impairment, such as the elderly. We discuss the two robotic prototypes being developed, their various novel functionalities, system architecture, modules and function scope, and present preliminary experimental results with actual users.

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Acknowledgments

This research has been co-financed by the European Union and Greek national funds through the Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, under the call RESEARCH – CREATE – INNOVATE (project code:T1EDK- 01248/MIS: 5030856)

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  1. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    George Moustris, Nikolaos Kardaris, Antigoni Tsiami, Georgia Chalvatzaki, Petros Koutras, Athanasios Dometios, Paris Oikonomou, Costas Tzafestas & Petros Maragos

  2. Embodied Interaction and Robotics Group, Institute for Language and Speech Processing/ATHENA RC, Maroussi Athens, Greece

    Eleni Efthimiou, Xanthi Papageorgiou, Stavroula-Evita Fotinea, Yiannis Koumpouros & Anna Vacalopoulou

  3. DIAPLASIS Rehabilitation Center, Kalamata, Greece

    Alexandra Karavasili

  4. SenseWorks Ltd., Nea Smyrni, Attiki, Greece

    Alexandros Nikolakakis, Konstantinos Karaiskos & Panagiotis Mavridis

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Moustris, G. et al. (2021). The I-Walk Assistive Robot. In: Saveriano, M., Renaudo, E., Rodríguez-Sánchez, A., Piater, J. (eds) Human-Friendly Robotics 2020. HFR 2020. Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics, vol 18. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71356-0_3

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