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Care-giving
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With many elderly and disabled people relying on others to assist them, any assistive
technology that can increase their independence and improve quality of life is appreciated. We are
working on an intelligent wheelchair which can move about in its environment autonomously, including
going through narrow hallways or doors. Eventually the wheelchair will "know" its environment and the
user can ask to be taken to a particular location.
While the number of older people who are bedridden and require constant nursing care
is increasing, funding to our health care system is being reduced. A robot which could turn a patient
in their bed would ease the burden on the staff, freeing their time for other needs of the patient, and
could also mean that the patient is turned more often, increasing their comfort and reducing the chance
for bedsores and related problems.
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