Service Robot for Care
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Service Robot for Care
Gesubsidieerd door het Ministerie van Economische Zaken en de Provincie Noord-Brabant
Kees van Hee
2Teleoperated Service robots • Two components: master = cockpit and slave = service robot • Goal: service robot can perform all human manual actions, at least at any
place a human can do it• The (human) operator may overrule the control completely
Manipulationdevices
Feedbackdevices
processor
master
internet
3Tele-operations• Ultimate form of remote control• Manual actions over a great distance• Extending human manual reach at world scale• Uncouple the place of action from the place where the action is devised
Compare it with electricity: the place where it is produced is uncoupledfrom the place where it is consumed
Therefore: Teleoperations is a new Industrial Revolution!
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Examples of teleoperations
5What service robots can do more…• Service robots can do more than a human:
– Moving with more power– Moving with different speed– Moving over greater distance– Moving with more precision– They can multiply actions– They can work at place a human does not want to be
• We can program them for special tasks (more autonomy)• They can learn from example actions (learning by doing)
Service vs industrial robotsService • Arbitrary tasks • Non routine tasks• Relatively slowly• Moderate accuracy• Visual servoing, haptic feedback• Navigation• Acting safely in a human
environment
Industrial• Programmed tasks• Only routine tasks• High speed • High precision • Controlled by position• Static or moving over fixed rail• Industrial environment (safety
cage)
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Application domains
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Sector Kans Eenvoud Werk Benefit Consortiumlogistics bagagehandling 16 23 18 14 10 81 1domotica thuiszorg 16 21 17 10 10 74 2medisch straling 15 25 13 9 10 72 3manufacturing bouw 13 19 15 17 7 71 3aerospace robotarm 9 16 16 18 10 69manufacturing off shore 12 14 19 19 5 69manufacturing oliewinning 9 14 19 17 6 65defensie mijnenvegen 15 15 17 12 6 65zorg patient tillen 9 22 16 12 6 65automotive driver assistance 14 17 14 13 5 63agrarisch tuinbouw 13 23 9 7 10 62medisch chirurgisch 10 7 19 19 6 61nucleair handling 10 13 15 15 8 61beveiliging bewaking 12 18 14 13 4 61cleanroom handling 12 21 12 11 4 60service office 6 17 16 9 6 54service off shore 12 9 10 15 5 51domotica entertainment 8 14 13 6 5 46
Overall
Why Service Robots in Home-care?• Cost of care is increasing dramatically• In a few years there will be more new jobs needed in
(home) care than new employees entering the labour market
• Care clients want to live at home longer• Care clients want to keep there independence and
privacy
Care from a distance (current situation)
• Video communication to support people at home
• Fall detection• Alarming, signaling
Only information exchange; No physical intervention at the client site
Mextal, Marcel Gielen 9
TSR Project• Goal: to build a demonstrator tele-operated robot for home
care en perform experiments in a home environment• Budget: 2.7 milion Euro• Duration: October 2009 until Juni 2012• Subsidienten: Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs &
Province Noord-Brabant• 11 partners: 7 MSE, 3 research, 1 care organization
Setup
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Daily Life Activities
Use Cases
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Turning on the light Opening Doors
Pouring Drinks
Heating aPre-cooked MealBringing Breakfast
Items
Personal Alarm
Iterations
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Phase 0 Phase 1 Phase 2
Rose 0: March 2010• Goal: Proof of concept• First control experiences:
• To grab something manually is difficult
• Perceiving Depth is difficult• A wheel chair is too big and heavy
for autonomous navigation in home
Rose 1: March 2011• Goal: The first workable demonstrator• First experiments with home-care
employees and control from a distance• Enthousiastic Operators• First automated Tasks: Grab - Place• Task space needs to be increased• Two wheel drive is not manouvrable
enough• Development in home environment is
an enormous boost
Rose 2 (Rose): March 2012• Goal: A new robot based on
previous experiences• Experiments in home, with
home-care employees and clients• Enthousiastic clients• More autonomy, towards useful
applications• Concept fully operational
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User perspective• Human-Machine Interaction• Social behavior• Safety and reliability• Cost-effectiveness
Technology perspective• Navigation while carying objects• Visual servoing• Object recognition (from database)
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Challenges (1/2)
Challenges (2/2)
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• Self-learning system: programming-by-exampled
• Haptic feedback• Software architecture:
plug and play
New use cases (1/2)
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Contact with Care Centerand relatives
Memory support
Emergeny support Serarch, get and bring
New use cases (2/2)
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Shaving support Preparing a simple meal
Dish wasser loading Table cleaning
TSR as household assistant• Many applications: e.g.
– Feeding the cat when you are at work– Watering the plants in your holiday home
• Same technology!• ´A robot in every household´ (Bill Gates)
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Market for care robots• 2.2 M people over 65 in Netherlands• 10% is a potential TSR user: 220.000• 5% will really use it: 11.000• Lifecycle: 5 year • Yearly replacement: 2.200 stuks• Price per robot: 20.000€• Market: 44 M€ per year only the Netherlands!
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Business Case (1/2)Three alternatives:1. Rose 24.7 + professional care 2 hr p. day2. Permanent care+ professional care 1hr p. day3. In elderly homeYearly cost:4. 58K5. 270K6. 70K
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Business Case (2/2)• Rose with continuous operator assistance: € 29K
(€ 6K robot, €23K shared operator(1/15))• Professional care 1hr p. day: € 14,6K (€ 40 p. hr)• Break even:
3 hr p. day prof. help = continuous robot assistance
alternative 1: 6K+23K+29K= 58K
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Economical impact• Roll out in other countries• Expanding to other application domains• Creation of a new industry, using existing suppliers• New services: consultancy and taylor-made software• Challenges for existing industries: teleoperations
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Other Domains• Care institutions• Holiday homes• Office Environment• Maintenance Complex installations• Clean-rooms• Security
THANK YOUGesubsidieerd door het Ministerie van Economische Zaken en de Provincie Noord-Brabant
Rose 1 Autonomous in Waalre
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Rose 1 from the Care Center
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In Veldhoven, at 15km distance
Rose 1: Handover and Opening a Bottle
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