MyCompanion: A digital social companion for assisted living

Loizides, Fernando ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0531-6760, Jones, Kathryn E., Abbasi, Daniel, Cardwell, Christopher, Jones, Ieuan, Turner, Liam D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4877-5289, Hassoulas, Athanasios, Bale, Ashley and Morgan, Scott 2019. MyCompanion: A digital social companion for assisted living. Presented at: INTERACT 2019, Paphos, Cyprus, 2–6 Sep 2019. Published in: Lamas, David, Loizides, Fernando, Nacke, Lennart, Petrie, Helen, Winckler, Marco and Zaphiris, Panayiotis eds. Human-Computer Interaction: INTERACT 2019, Part IV. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Lecture Notes in Computer Science , vol.11749 Cham, Switzerland: Springer Verlag, pp. 649-653. 10.1007/978-3-030-29390-1_55

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Abstract

In this work, we present the initial progressive build of a prototype system, dubbed MyCompanion. MyCompanion to improve assisted living, ultimately targeting alleviating social exclusion and loneliness. The system, based on a Raspberry Pi, connects to a user’s television set and tracks data from sensors placed around the house. An inbuilt artificial intelligence chat-bot then listens to, as well as instantiates, conversation with the user based on self-imposed triggers. Data from the sensors inform MyCompanion in real time user behaviour and records these readings. We also port MyCompanion software to an anthropomorphic version inside a humanoid robot for us to be able to give a physical dimension to the digital character.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine Computer Science & Informatics
Publisher:	Springer Verlag
ISBN:	978-3-030-29389-5
ISSN:	0302-9743
Last Modified:	25 Nov 2022 11:11
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/125231

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