Robot-Enabled Support of Daily Activities in Smart Home Environments.
Garrett Wilson, Christopher Pereyda, Nisha Raghunath, Gabriel de la Cruz, Shivam Goel, Sepehr Nesaei, Bryan Minor, Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe, Matthew E Taylor, Diane J Cook
Author Information
Garrett Wilson: Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Christopher Pereyda: Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Nisha Raghunath: Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Gabriel de la Cruz: Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Shivam Goel: Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Sepehr Nesaei: Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Bryan Minor: Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe: Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Matthew E Taylor: Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Diane J Cook: Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Smart environments offer valuable technologies for activity monitoring and health assessment. Here, we describe an integration of robots into smart environments to provide more interactive support of individuals with functional limitations. RAS, our Robot Activity Support system, partners smart environment sensing, object detection and mapping, and robot interaction to detect and assist with activity errors that may occur in everyday settings. We describe the components of the RAS system and demonstrate its use in a smart home testbed. To evaluate the usability of RAS, we also collected and analyzed feedback from participants who received assistance from RAS in a smart home setting as they performed routine activities.
