selemca
Test bed project
Johan Hoorn— 1965 j. f. hoorn @ vu. nl
. Managing Director / Associate Professor CAMeRA, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Humanising care-droids using creative technological solutions to supplement and replace existing care-services.
Services of Electro-mechanical Care Agencies( SELEMCA) is about establishing a trans-disciplinary design theory of human-android interaction by investigating the human affective system, emotion regulation, and creativity. The increasing demand for care services for the elderly and those with mental health disorders cannot be solved by productivity improvements alone. Many of this group are hospitalized or residents of care centres and nursing homes. This target group requires intensive care-giving, administrative care, as well as physical, cognitive and psychological support. A new approach is the use of creative technological solutions to supplement and replace existing care-services. These solutions include agents, robots, ambient and virtual worlds; mechanotronic robots that we call Caredroids— PSS systems that create a better fit between carer and patient. Services of Electro-mechanical Care Agencies( SELEMCA) envisage 3 types of Caredroids, each providing a different service: medical questionnaire and form filling help; matchmaker between carer and patient; and lastly, a robot care deliverer, for example for exercise, medicine coaching and virtual therapy.
Project partners project members
Matthias van Alphen
Osira Amstelring Joel Anderson Universiteit
van Utrecht Joris Baas Joris Baas
Information Design Piet Bartels Hogeschool INHolland Nils van Beek SKOR Patty Dessing Gemeente
Amsterdam Stadsdeel Oost Desmond Germans
GermansMedia Sylvia Gielink CAMeRA @ VU Lodewijk van Grasstek Mentrum David Hanson Hanson Robotics Johan Hoorn CAMeRA @ VU Margo van Kemenade
Hogeschool Inholland Susan Keunen OsiraGroep David Keyson TU Delft Elly Konijn VU UvA Isjah Koppejan Waag Society Aad Krommenhoek Zorggroep
Amsterdam Oost / Flevohuis
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Mike Lee Appsterdam Mandy Leidekker VVNT,
GGZ, de Amsterdamse huisartsen, Achmea, gemeente Amsterdam,
Alzheimer Amsterdam Esther Leloux LBi Wang Long Li CAMeRA @ VU Aernout Mik Artist Marcel Nijland LBi Hans Nusselder Mentrum Marco Otte CAMeRA @ VU Robert Paauwe CAMeRA @ VU Matthijs Pontier CAMeRA @ VU Arjan Postma FreedomLab Ruurd Priester LBi Lennart Roosendaal IC3D Media Loren Roosendaal IC3D Media Elan Rosenman SOUN3D Marise Schot Waag Society Dennis Smit LBi Vivian Sneep LBi Marloes Spekman VU Amsterdam Miriam Vollenbroek-Hutten
Roessingh Research
and Development, UTwente Sabine Wildevuur Waag Society p11
alice will take
care of you p12
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