Development of Robots for People with Dementia: Technologies and Applications
Other Title
失智症機器人的技術與應用發展概況
Journal
Journal of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers
Journal Volume
44
Journal Issue
4
Start Page
351
End Page
360
ISSN
0257-9731
Date Issued
2023-08
Author(s)
Abstract
Due to the rapid aging of the population and the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), medical and long-term care facilities have undergone tremendous changes, and the condition of older adults with dementia is becoming critical. They lack adequate treatment, companionship, and care. This research explores how the development of robots can assist people with dementia. It is under a structure that includes sensing components, decision-making components, and structural components. The paper reviews methods to meet the needs of people with dementia and summarizes related applications of robotics, including diagnosis assistance, treatment assistance, health care assistance, and rehabilitation assistance. An intelligent wheeled robot system equipped with multiple applications was proposed to provide comprehensive services for people with dementia and committed to their activities of daily living. The results and discussion of this study are proposed to assist engineers and clinicians in related fields to design and utilize the robot for people with dementia.
由於人口老齡化和2019年新型冠狀病毒的影響，醫療和長期護理設施發生了巨大變化，老年失智症患者的病情變得危急。他們缺乏足夠的治療、陪伴和照顧。這項研究探討了機器人的發展如何幫助癡呆症患者。它處於一個包括傳感、決策和結構組件的架構之下。本文回顧了滿足失智症患者需求的方法，並總結了相關機器人技術的應用，包括診斷、治療、醫療保健和康復的輔助。並提出了一種配備多種應用的智能輪式機器人系統，為失智症患者提供全面的服務，並致力於维持其日常生活活動。本研究的結果和討論被提出以幫助相關領域的工程師和臨床醫生設計和使用用於失智症機器人。
Subjects
Intelligent robots
Medical robotics
Human-robot interaction
Medical services
Type
journal article