Autonomamente: a Autonomamente: a multimodalmultimodalAutonomamente: a Autonomamente: a multimodalmultimodaldomoticdomotic application and a social application and a social network to supportnetwork to supportautonomous living of persons withautonomous living of persons withautonomous living of persons withautonomous living of persons withcognitive cognitive disabilitiesdisabilitiesggThimoty Barbieri, Piero Fraternali, Antonio Bianchi, Clarissa Tacchella, Assunta Peluso

Politecnico di Milano, Polo Regionale di Como, gAssociazione So.La.Re. – Social Lario ReteAssociazione C.E.Re.S. Cooperativa Mosaico – SegrateAssociazione Primavera onlus - Albavilla

With the support of Fondazione CariploAnd of Rotary Club Como Baradello

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Project Project GoalsGoalsProject Project GoalsGoals

Support autonomous living of people with Support autonomous living of people with cognitive disabilities using simple software and hardware. Give the software in open source for peverybody to use and / or improve it.U t h l f i l i d t Use technology for inclusion and not seclusionCreate a network between users, parents, caregivers to support use and caregivers to support use and communication

“Autonomamente”“Autonomamente”AutonomamenteAutonomamente2 years project completed now2 years project completed, nowdissemination and looking for next 2-years stintyears stintBuilt four apartments near caregivinginstitutions with software and domoticinstitutions,with software and domoticappliancesTwo apartments for assisted residency Two apartments for assisted residency, Two dedicated to a “Laboratory ofAutonomy” for end users and theirAutonomy for end users and theirparents

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ApartmentsApartments forfor AutonomousAutonomous LivingLivingApartmentsApartments forfor AutonomousAutonomous LivingLiving

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FlatsFlats builtbuilt nearnear caregivingcaregivinginstitutionsinstitutions or or dayday centerscenters

UsersUsers movemove in or “in or “rolerole play” play” duringduringscheduledscheduled daysdays

ResidentialityResidentialityResidentialityResidentialityremotelyremotelyyymanagedmanaged bybyparticipatingparticipatinginstitutionsinstitutionsinstitutionsinstitutions ––lookinglooking forfor a a ggscaleablescaleablecaregivingcaregivingmodelmodelmodelmodel

The SoftwareThe SoftwareThe SoftwareThe Software

With the software you can:With the software you can:◦ Call friends and write/read e-mails◦ Schedule your time and appointments◦ Manage your finances and savings (Am I spending too

h?)much?)◦ Check if your home is safe (Oven? Doorlocks?

Windows?)Windows?)The institution nearby can monitor the flat for ready interventioninterventionIt uses icons, text, speech (Multimodality)It is configurable in real time to the needs and abilities It is configurable in real time to the needs and abilities of the specific user

Can I Can I safelysafely go go toto bedbed? “? “QuietQuietHouse” House” ConfigurableConfigurable RuleRule BasedBasedHouse House –– ConfigurableConfigurable RuleRule BasedBasedSystemSystemyy

OVEN?LIGHTS?LIGHTS?FRONT DOOR?DOOR?WINDOWS?MOVEMENT?MOVEMENT?NOTIFICATIONS

AT NIGHTAT NIGHTDURING THE DAYDAYREMOTELY

C t fi th i f “ i t” h l t d t ti f th d dCustom configure the meaning of “quiet” house related to time of the day, dayof the week, person profile, available sensors. (By use of Declarative Rules)

TraditionalTraditional floorplanfloorplan remote remote monitoringmonitoring

Light1

Oven TVD Wi d Oven TVDoor Window

Click to switch on/off

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(only within trusted VPN)

CommunicationCommunication, , AppointmentsAppointments, , Money and “Money and “QuietQuiet House”House”

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Use consistently lateral multimodal reinforcement.

Provide customization of visual-level communications

Provideassisted, ,symbolic or numeric userinput forquantities

Represent face-value quantities in concrete ways.Show relationship between time and money.

Alternative way to show time / money balance.Concrete and accessible assessment.

Control the population / sequencing trade-off of the interface;trade attention for short memory and vice-versa

Provide simultaneous different means ofexpressionexpression

Use Keyboard Editor Tool to create yourtailor-made kb: make keystailor made kb: make keyssmaller/BIGGER, change layout&color, add word or sentence keys

Change the wayyou want to representtime

Represent abstract concepts (distance in time) in different concrete ways

Provide an ubiquitousaccess system to allow near-access system to allow nearreal time riconfiguration ofdata, content, options, and interface.interface.

Provide means to make the interface grow with the gspecific user’s confidenceand abilities

Growing abilities = Growinginterface, keep the userchallenged, give a sense oflearning and progress

E t fl ibilitExtreme flexibilityled to complexityat operator/tutor level need to relevel, need to re-engineer / profilescenarios here

Training: Training: stepstep byby stepstep learnlearn toto do do more and more and more and more and adaptadapt the the more and more and more and more and adaptadapt the the interfaceinterface

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EvaluationEvaluation and impact so farand impact so farEvaluationEvaluation and impact so farand impact so farUsers with mild cognitive disabilities (aged 20-60)

4 d h d l fl S M l I l4 persons moved in the two residential flats in Segrate, Milano, Italy

2 groups of 4 persons each for “laboratory of autonomy” in Albavilla, Como, Italy. (formal eval activities under way)Albavilla, Como, Italy. (formal eval activities under way)

Initial interest high - Laboratory sessions livelyNeed of continuous training and support for IT Need of continuous training and support for IT maintenanceResidents privilege phone call applicationp g p ppInstitutions’ interest ‘skewed’ to the domotic partTutor support crucial to keep Residents’ system pp p yupdated with useful information (money, appointments) but so far discontinuousMultimodality offers reinforcements: users learn and improve their skills

ConclusionsConclusionsConclusionsConclusionsCrucial to combine social aspects withCrucial to combine social aspects withtechnology: build awareness and consenusbetween caregivers, parents and usersI ’ ( ll) b “D i ” ’ bIt’s not (all) about “Domotics”: it’s abouthelping doing everyday stuff – buy things, callpeople, decide how to organize your time, go topeople, decide how to organize your time, go tobed without worryingTechnology mature: Open source model viableFuture: create a service around thisprototype, making it even simpler – makepackages that can be taken personalisedpackages that can be taken, personalisedand used, with the assistance of parentsand/or local institutions

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GetGet in in touchtouch and help and help improvingimproving::GetGet in in touchtouch and help and help improvingimproving::Progetto AutonomamenteProgetto AutonomamenteggWeb Site (soon software downloadable):

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Or: COME AND VISIT IN ALBAVILLA, COMO, ITALYOr: COME AND VISIT IN ALBAVILLA, COMO, ITALY

Thimoty Barbieri, Antonio Bianchi, Marco Brambilla Paolo Castiglioni, Piero Fraternali, Shu Gong, Virginia Monaco, Daniel Negri, Nadia Parachini, Assunta g g gPeluso, Claudio Rainoldi, Andrea Rapisarda, Matteo Ronchi, Clarissa Tacchella, Luca Tettamanti, Alberto Turinetti, i ragazzi dei centri di Segrate, Albavilla.

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