Institute Institutes - Fakultät für Architektur - TUM

Jahr Year
2010-12
Financed by the Italian government and the city
of Bolzano. The consortium consists mainly of
industry partners with TUM as leader of the
consortium, both in terms of strategy and
technology development.
Semester Semester
2012-15
Kooperationspartner Co-operation partners
SOPHIA mit P.S. Südbayern GmbH
City Sax GmbH
Sunrise Medical GmbH
Haag-Rehatechnik GmbH & Co. KG
metaio GmbH
Heidelberg Medical Marketing GmbH,
Humanwissenschafliches Zentrum (LMU)
Chair for Media Technology (TUM)
Chair for Sports Medicine (TUM)
Forschung Reseach
LISA Mechatronic Service Walls
Various research fields deal with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), fusing different
technologies, to enable mechanisms that could efficiently assist, enhancing the
everyday living quality in the ageing society. In LISA, the implementation of a
novel Robotic Service Wall supporting those ADLs was the main objective. The
proposed system followed a modular approach, whereas all system elements provide
“plug and play” characteristics. Such an approach enables an efficient system,
which can be arranged and re-arranged into various configurations, and can
be easily installed in any residence without requiring specific space dimensions.
Through LISA’s mechatronic service wall, an Ambient intelligence Environment
(AmI) can be created within a house or flat. TurtleBot is a Subsystem of the
mechatronic wall and is utilised as an assistant to the user, controlled by vocal
commands and hand gestures. The various elements and actuators of the robotic
service wall are controlled using a human-machine communication scheme. The
user provides the necessary commands to TurtleBot, which then controls the actuators
and sensors of the mechatronic service wall. A variety of services can be
addressed by the proposed system, contributing to a higher level of quality in
ADLs. The development of the robotic service wall was a systemic and stepwise
process. First, the general strategy was defined, and then the system modules and
functions were designed. After an early design phase two 1:1 prototypes were
evaluated using an Age Simulation Suite. Finally the mechatronic service wall was
installed for three months in a real house and evaluated by potential users.
Personalised mobility, Assistance and Service Systems in an Aging society
The project PASSAge addresses the mobility issues within an ageing society by
developing a modular and personalised mobility system that can be integrated
into the individual surrounding of the user, enhancing the quality of everyday living
by encouraging individual mobility, as well as supporting safety, comfort and
health. Adaptable, customisable and user-friendly add-on modules (operation and
shopping assistance, health phones, transfer support at the entrance of buildings
or within buildings) are being adapted from existing technologies and innovative
mobility components of the field of personal mobility devices (e-bike, e-rollers,
e-car, trolleys), which are already equipped with technologies (ICT, micro-systems),
will be later on integrated. In this way, a cross-departmental assistance
system that can be used flexibly with the help of an intelligent logistic for provision
is formed. These add-on modules enable a user-friendly adaption of the mobility
components to the user groups and the integration of compatible, widespread
range of services.
A major issue within PASSAge, in the domestic as well as in the urban context, is
the integration of innovative and technologically equipped mobility devices. Thus,
the chair besides the development of robotic assisted assistance and transfer support
devices for vehicles itself, is especially interested in their interconnection with
buildings as important endpoints of the mobility chain.
136 Baurealisierung und Baurobotik Building Realisation and Robotics
LISA Mechatronic Service Wall
Human-Ambient-Technologies Lab
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