| Project name: | Socially Pertinent Robots in Gerontological Healthcare |
| ID code: | 871245 |
| Website: | www.spring-h2020.eu |
| Supported by: | European Union, Horizon 2020 |
| Programme: | H2020-ICT-2019-2 |
| Project duration: | 1/2020 – 12/2023 |
| Budget: | Total budget: 8 360 385 € EU support: 8 360 385 € Support for CIIRC CTU: 704 023,75 € |
| Principal investigator at CIIRC: | doc. Tomáš Pajdla |
| Project Coordinator: | Institut national de recherche eninformatique et automatique, France |
| Project Partners: | Universita Degli Studi Di Trento, Italy Czech Technical University in Prague, Czechia Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom Bar Ilan University, Israel Erm Automatismes Industriels, France Pal Robotics Sl, Spain Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris, France |
Annotation:
The development of robotics results in great benefits for a wide range of daily needs. As a consequence, the use of technologically advanced robots today is a reality, although of limited use. Today’s robots lack significant characteristics that would allow them to participate in multi-party situated conversations. The EU-funded SPRING project will design and develop a technology that addresses this specific demand. It will work on the robot’s perception capabilities that are key for reliable performance and on taking the appropriate actions regarding the ongoing social interplay. The project will validate the technology in a day-care hospital for the elderly testing the robot’s performance in providing meaningful social interactions to these people in between medical appointments.
