What it does
Addresses loneliness and safety risks (falls/hazards/medication) for seniors through mobile robots and sensors. Provides instant alerts, health reminders and emotional companionship in a closed-loop system.
Your inspiration
Focus: Tackling critical needs of the aging global population living alone. Insight: 56.41% of elderly falls happen inside the home; prolonged solitude causes deep emotional isolation. Solution: A human-centered product integrating: 1.Safety: Home environmental monitoring & proactive alerts (e.g, falls). 2.Emotion: Warm aesthetics & intuitive interaction (Emotional Design). Goal: Enhance seniors' safety and emotional well-being through tech-enabled care & companionship.
How it works
Closed-loop safety: the robot infrared following the elderly, kitchen sensor linkage, to achieve “danger → alarm → APP notification → community rescue” active chain, faster than decentralized equipment. Interaction upgrade: 5 expressions + orange/red light + gesture wake-up, four-dimensional interaction, goodbye to cold voice. Psychological care: embracing posture + community socialization, curved surface of the pill box + oblique angle of the handrail, considerate of physiological psychology. Flexible expansion: magnetic tablet can be detached and rechargeable, large icons easy to use, open interface compatible with third parties, breaking the closure. Kitchen camera to keep an eye on the gas, fall terminal close to the rescue, complete the “monitoring-intervention-rescue” closed loop.
Design process
Conceptual stage: choose one of the three options, option 1 focuses on emotional design of mobile dual-screen robots, but the draft model exposes the problem of single function; option 2 adopts fixed terminals, and the validation finds that the mobility is insufficient; option 3 integrates the advantages of the first two to build a system of “mobile terminals + environmental testing equipment + portable pill box”, covering the three major needs of security, medical care, and social interaction. The final choice is Option 3. Prototype deepening: set the terminal height of 1300mm according to the national standard (suitable for 95% of the height of the elderly), and the control area is 80mm to match the sitting posture. Rounded corners ≥160mm to prevent bumping. Three modules: robot (health monitoring + medicine storage), kitchen smoke detectors, temperature and humidity sensors. Interaction design: two-color reminder light, magnetic detachable tablet; software with anthropomorphic large buttons, blue and white interface and real-time synchronization APP. Verification and optimization: 3D printing to verify the feasibility, iterative product structure. Future direction: AI voice control, linkage to community security system, bio-based plastic cost reduction by 30%.
How it is different
All-domain hardware ecosystem • Triple-loop: mobile robot + fixed sensors + remote aid. • Active safety: robot shadows senior; risk triggers “alert → family app → community rescue.” Empathic interaction • 5 emojis + light codes + gestures kill cold voice-only UX. • Huggable robot + social app fight loneliness; human-factor details (curved pillbox, sloped handrail) add comfort. Modular senior-friendly kit • Detachable magnetic tablet, wireless charge, big icons; open API beats closed systems. • Full chain: pinpoint gas-monitor, robot rushes if fall—beyond passive alarms.
Future plans
We're developing a dual-core system combining "Data-Driven Aging Care" and "Cross-Generational Emotional Bonds". Personalized Elderly Care Using a graded autonomy model, we create dynamic user profiles with real-time sensor data. This enables tailored services like enhanced fall monitoring and visual medication alerts. Family Engagement Loop -Risk Visualization: Sensors generate risk heatmaps to pinpoint hazards. -Health Coordination: A shared calendar syncs family-marked appointments with device reminders. -Emotional Bridging: AI transforms daily moments into "life stories" for families, while family voice messages play via terminals.
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