Uma arquitetura para integração de um robô em um ambiente pervasivo no tratamento de pacientes em homecare

Abstract

The study of new technologies in the field of healthcare is fundamental, especially considering the problems faced by information systems, the increasing of population s life expectancy and the need of specialized assistance. Robotics has been allowing the attendance of integrated domestic services, and also monitoring systems, facilitating user s daily activities. Considering this context, the present work has as main goal the insertion of a robot, named Rulian, in a pervasive homecare environment, aiming to complement the existing tools of health assistance and allowing more comfort to patients. Using an innovating architecture developed for pervasive homecare systems for the integration of information captured form the environment and the abilities defined for the robot, the proposal aims to increase the perception of care about patients in medical treatment or recovering. From the configuration of an existing pervasive homecare environment, we developed an architecture for the robot, allowing it to interact and communicate with users and devices, store data and exchange information with the pervasive system. The existing knowledge of the homecare environment was represented through ontologies. To validate the proposal methodology, we present a study case, where the robot performs tasks assisting the patients.