Arianna: towards a new paradigm for assistive technology at home
This addresses the problem of sustainable healthcare and independence for elderly and special needs populations, but appears incremental as it builds on existing assistive technology concepts.
The paper tackles the challenge of enabling elderly and special needs individuals to maintain independence by introducing Arianna, a system that automates recognition of daily living activities at home and serves as a personalized wellbeing and healthcare assistant, though no concrete performance numbers are provided.
Providing elderly and people with special needs to retain their independence as long as possible is one of the biggest challenges of the society of tomorrow. Teseo, a startup company spinoff from the University of Genoa, aims at accelerating the transition towards a sustainable healthcare system. Teseo's first concept and product, Arianna, allows for the automated recognition of activities of daily living at home and acts as a wellbeing and healthcare personalized assistant. This abstract outlines the main concepts underlying its features and capabilities.