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Meet the Pioneers at the Ageing Summit: Supporting navigation for older adults in public spaces: the DALi approach

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  • Publicație 19 Februarie 2015

Dali (an EU funded research project) supports the mobility of elderly in public spaces. It enables an elder person with mild cognitive problems to navigate, for example, a crowded shopping centre thanks to a "C-walker" - an assistive device that can recommend a path for the user.

Picture of the C-walker

The visitor of the booth will explore the different capabilities of the c-Walker (which stands for “Cognitive Walker” and which is a robotic device for walking assistance and navigation support). The demonstration will be made in part by looking at simulation and clips and in part through a direct experience. In particular, he/she will pick up a few places to visit from a list, define preferences in her/his profile and look on the screen the ability of the system to generate the correct path. Then she/he will be invited to use the device in a limited area and the system will localise with accuracy and in real—time her/his position and give guidance directions using different means if the user deviates from the planned trajectory. We will show the ability of the system to detect anomalies and share this information with other walkers.  The visitor will also use the touch screen interface to formulate requests and receive messages from the system when needed.