PANGASINAN STATE

UNIVERSITY
SAN CARLOS CITY CAMPUS

SMART ASSISTANT ROBOT FOR

PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND SENIOR CITIZENS

A CASE STUDY
in
CC106 - APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT
AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

January 25, 2021

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I BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

The smart assistant robot converts motion commands into actual movements. We
live in a world where we are welcomed by technology, making our lives simpler and
more enjoyable. While we all profit from this new technology, certain groups of
individuals require more assistance and support than others: elderly people or people
with disabilities. For them, technology means a way to have a life that is almost natural.

According to www.researchgate.net, robot applications or more generally

technologies and know how derived from robotic researches have quickly evolved
during the last decade to realistic products for medical applications. However, the
spreading of those products to general public is very limited for a great part due to the
prohibitive cost and performances less than those hoped by users. The over-cost must
be related to the price of the usual product. Autonomy of assistance devices has been
direct transposition of solutions applied in industrial robotics. An important research
effort is needed to propose technological components which are a correct compromise
between cost, reliability and security.

According to www.disabilitease.com, technology and advancement have always

strived to stay one step ahead of us in every aspect. Whether taking it medically, or
industrially, technology has been taking over every field quite noticeably. The sole
purpose of all of this is to somehow make the human lifestyles better and to work on
every growing need of humanity. One similar need has arisen in recent decades in the
healthcare department. Well, focusing on it, a solution for the elderly care has become a
major demand recently, and hence some solutions are there but the others need to be
worked upon.

There are some existing robots that provide assistance to the people but some
have a limited function. A home robot Kuri was designed to play with children, respond
to voice commands and patrol properties while filming videos and taking photos. This
robot features included face recognition, mapping sensors to prevent it bumping into
objects or falling down stairs and touch detection to allow it to respond to its owner in
cute ways, such as looking up and chirping if its head was tapped. Another one is
robotic vacuum cleaner; they can vacuum your flooring almost perfectly without your
assistance. These devices also have navigational sensors to prevents them from
dropping off the edges and bumping into obstructions. These are the example of
personal assistant robot that needs to develop and improve to provide a better way of
living and produce more accurate and high-quality work. The current study provides
more improved version of the existing system especially with the elderly and disable
person because for them technology means a way of having an almost normal life.

This study is an example of artificial intelligence which is under to robotics.

According to Walsh, technology like AI will change society but society also gets to
change technology. We need to work out how to make sure it improves the quality of
everyone’s life. fascination with AI, robotics and technology was fueled by a childhood
spent reading science fiction by authors such as Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke. He
has since built his career around artificial intelligence, trying to understand how
computers can make decisions and act on them.

Machines have been helping us with our work for a while. In a series of technological
revolutions, humans moved from mostly working in fields, to factories, to offices. We
built
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machines to take over tasks that were physically demanding, tediously dull or
downright dangerous. With each societal shift, the nature of work changed. Historically,
most of the machines we have built are very good at doing narrowly-defined,
predictable work. Now, however, we’re developing intelligent machines that can learn
and think a little like us. Sometimes, with the right training, they’re even better at
making decisions than we are.

According to www.robotics.org, Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are a powerful

combination for automating tasks inside and outside of the factory setting. In recent
years, AI has become an increasingly common presence in robotic solutions,
introducing flexibility and learning capabilities in previously rigid applications. While
AI is still in its nascent stages, it’s been a transformative technology for some
applications in the manufacturing sector, although there are many that have yet to feel
the impact.

II STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The smart assistant robot is having value of the person with disabilities and senior
citizens to improve their independence and quality of their life. With the growing
population of elderly and disable person the help needed for the execution of daily
tasks normally increases, leading to a burden on the shoulders of informal caregivers.
Robotic assistants could be a way to help people remain healthy and safe in their own
homes, ensuring their independence in everyday life.

Smart assistant robots require a higher maintenance and installation costs the
reason why not all people can afford to purchase the product. But this study conducts a
research on how to minimize the cost for the sake of the majority.

However, the aim of this study is to determine the impact of using smart assistant
robot for the person with disabilities and senior citizens compare of normal materials
used like wheelchair and etc. This study also describes the advances in helping the
elderly people to keep up with the emerging Technologies.
III OBJECTIVES

To promote the importance of using smart assistant robot for the person with
disabilities and senior citizens.

To identify the advantages and disadvantages of using smart assistant robot for the
future improvement of the system.

To provide social and assistive services to elderly people and those with impaired
mobility.

To provide benefits for some particular problems that occur in traditional

household domains by designing optimized solutions.

To provide telepresence services primarily for the elderly and those with mobility
impairments.

IV SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS

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(Identify the user-level and their privileges) as well as its limitations, or it must answer
the following questions: in our own vernacular 1. Ano ang mga kayang gawin ng
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system? at 2. Ano ang mga
hindi nito magagawa? Discuss the scope and limitation separately in a paragraph
form.>

V SAMPLE SCREENSHOTS OF THE SYSTEM

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for each ss.>

VI LEARNINGS AND CONCLUSIONS

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study/system/application differs from or supports prior existing system/application or
why. Identify its impact on different areas.>

VII REFERENCES

Personal assistant robot.Retrieved October 2012, from

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261076330_Personal_assistant_robot

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/3996612_ARPH_An_assistant_robot_for_dis
abled_people

https://disabilitease.com/assistant-robots-special-needs-elderly/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/technology-44953610

https://www.science.org.au/curious/technology-future/ai-and-robotics-revolution

https://www.robotics.org/blog-article.cfm/How-Artificial-Intelligence-is-Used-in-
Today-s-Robots/117

https://www.itbriefcase.net/the-negative-effects-of-robots-entering-the-workforce
<Just put your references here like journals, books, electronic resources, online
research etc. Reference citations should be in alphabetical order>

Example:
Internet Technology. Retrieved August 29, 2009, from
http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/91-11dig.htm (for webpages w/o authors)

Sommerville, Ian (2007). Software Engineering (8th ed.). Harlow, England: Pearson
Education Limited (for books)

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