WP8. Use cases definition & evaluations
The main goal of this package is to define two paradigmatic use cases that will validate the robotic platform and smart home infrastructure as an integrated assistive ecosystem. This goal can be divided in the following sub goals and associated tasks:
T8.1 General setup and methodology
This task deals with the initial phase of capturing the requirements that the LifeBots experience must cover, and of providing a detailed description of both use cases. We will also map these requirements with a collection of verification tests. Table 1 provides a preliminary version of the tests to address, grouped within six milestones. Medical experts from the HUVR will help to define the use case 2. It can be noted that the first milestone is mainly the evaluation of previous work of the Consortium groups.
T8.2 Integration meetings
The LifeBots project will be evaluated each six months on the previously defined use cases. These evaluations will allow to verify the integration of specific functionalities and to validate the whole software and hardware (robot and smart home) ecosystem. For these integration meetings, two members from all the Consortium teams will visit the RobotHome at Cáceres and will evaluate the evolution within both use cases. They will also be in charge of integrating the developments from each subproject within the CORTEX architecture.
T8.3 Final pilot. Analysis of results and conclusion
The last six months of the project we will perform an intensive, long-term evaluation of the whole ecosystem. The Smart Home and its connection to the inner models on the DSR will be ready from M18. The wearable sensor on the person and the set of ambient and monitoring sensors, since M12. However, the whole LifeBots ecosystem will be ready at M30. During the whole project, we will collaborate with the Faculty of Occupational Therapy at UEx to provide a set of volunteers for the RobotHome. Control groups will be defined taking into account different tests, like the EuroQuol-5D, a standardised instrument for use as a measure of health outcome. During the final 6 months, two of these experimented students will be contracted to perform long duration stays at the home, and will be supported by medical and therapeutic personal. Use cases will validate the whole project idea from two points of view: on one hand, whether lifelong technologies allows the system to adapt to the user and her changes on habits or preferences (these changes could be overacted); on the other hand, user satisfaction with the platform will be evaluated through the use of satisfaction questionnaires that will be defined to obtain the user’s opinions. The meeting at M36 will draw the main conclusions from the whole work.