Chris Atkeson CMU Robotics Institute 62117 Future Health Care Will Emphasize Care outside a doctors office or hospital Preventive care Early detection Chronic care Behavior change Smoking ID: 617721
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How Smart Homes, Wearable Devices, And Robots Could Affect Future Health Care
Chris AtkesonCMU Robotics Institute6/21/17Slide2
Future Health Care Will Emphasize
Care outside a doctor’s office or hospital
Preventive care
Early detection
Chronic care
Behavior change:
Smoking
Seat belts/air bags
HIV
Diet, exercise, mental wellness, character/personalitySlide3
Some Needs/Opportunities
Monitoring/Baby-sitting
Companionship
/Behavior-changing/ Nagging
Light work
: cleaning, food preparation, feeding, …
Heavy lifting
: transfer, user movementSlide4
Monitoring
Handle accidents, protect older adults
Monitor conditions, side effects, reduce risk
Keep people in own homes as long as possible
Cameras, microphones,
IoT
, wearables, smart homesSlide5
Aware Home (Georgia Tech, 1990s)Slide6
Aware HomeSlide7
Sleep lab at home?Slide8
Instrumented and Actuated ShoesSlide9
Companion Robot
Google images “care robot companion robot”Slide10
Light Work
Google images “Home Robot”Slide11
Heavy Lifting
Google images “Robots lifting people transfer”Slide12
What Have I Learned?
1) It is easy to fund and sell “building a physical thing”.
This is the wrong way to go.
The most helpful thing we can do is deliver services (monitoring, companionship, …)
through a variety of devices
Don’t build a robot.
2) Take advantage of what is happening with cell phones, personal assistants, cars, …Slide13
Technological Opportunities
Cell Phones
Personal Agents
Internet of Things (
IoT
)
Networked Homes
Networked Cars
Networked Offices, Malls, …
Robots
Wearable TechnologySlide14
Some Current CMU Projects
Friend For LifeLifelong personal companions, agents, servants, coaches, and teachers.City-scale Behavior CaptureProposed center:
Understanding Action and Affect Through High Definition Behavioral Analysis