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RAPP: A Robotic-Oriented Ecosystem for Delivering Smart User Empowering Applications for Older People

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It is a general truth that increase of age is associated with a level of mental and physical decline but unfortunately the former are often accompanied by social exclusion leading to marginalization and eventually further acceleration of the aging process. A new approach in alleviating the social exclusion of older people involves the use of assistive robots. As robots rapidly invade everyday life, the need of new software paradigms in order to address the user’s unique needs becomes critical. In this paper we present a novel architectural design, the RAPP [a software platform to deliver smart, user empowering robotic applications (RApps)] framework that attempts to address this issue. The proposed framework has been designed in a cloud-based approach, integrating robotic devices and their respective applications. We aim to facilitate seamless development of RApps compatible with a wide range of supported robots and available to the public through a unified online store.

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Acknowledgments

Parts of this work was supported by the FP7 Collaborative Project RAPP (Grant Agreement No. 610947), funded by the European Commission.

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  1. Ormylia Foundation, Diagnostic Center, Ormylia, Chalkidiki, Greece

    Sofia E. Reppou & George T. Karagiannis

  2. ITI—Information Technologies Institute, CERTH—Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Thermi, 57001, Thessaloníki, Greece

    Emmanouil G. Tsardoulias, Andreas L. Symeonidis & Fotis E. Psomopoulos

  3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloníki, Greece

    Athanassios M. Kintsakis & Pericles A. Mitkas

  4. Institute of Control and Computation Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, ul. Nowowiejska 15/19, 00-665, Warsaw, Poland

    Cezary Zielinski

  5. Inria, Sophia-Antipolis, France

    Vincent Prunet & Jean-Pierre Merlet

  6. Matia Instituto Gerontologico, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain

    Miren Iturburu

  7. Ortelio Ltd., Coventry, CV1 2TT, UK

    Alexandros Gkiokas

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Reppou, S.E., Tsardoulias, E.G., Kintsakis, A.M. et al. RAPP: A Robotic-Oriented Ecosystem for Delivering Smart User Empowering Applications for Older People. Int J of Soc Robotics 8, 539–552 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-016-0361-z

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