RobotCare - User experience in development of service robots for elderly care

At a glance

Project leader : Prof. Dr. Yulia Sandamirskaya
Deputy of project leader : Dr. Nicole Gerber
Project team : Prof. Dr. Yukie Nagai, Prof. Dr. Kanda Takayuki
Project status : ongoing
Funding partner : EU and other international programmes (Leading House Ost- und Südostasien)
Project partner : Kyoto University, University of Tokyo
Contact person : Yulia Sandamirskaya

Objectives of the project:

Establish a systematic dialogue between the technology developers and researchers and the elderly/healthcare institution stakeholders (including medical, care, and service personnel, management, patients, and their families) in both regions and develop a suitable international community network
Identify synergies between the three Universities for future joint applied R&D (aR&D) initiatives including the service perspective and investigate suitable joint funding possibilities for (a) future international aR&D project(s) and (b) international network development
Explore market potential in Japan in particular and Asia in general as well as Switzerland for Swiss spin-off(s) in the domain of service robotics in elderly care
Establish student and academic exchange between the two countries