Welcome to MOBISERV

MOBISERV (FP7-248434) (An Integrated Intelligent Home Environment for the Provision of Health, Nutrition and Mobility Services to the Elderly) is a Collaborative Project, that started on December 1^st, 2009 and it is scheduled to run for 36 months. In MOBISERV there are 9 partners from 7 countries representing Universities, Research Institutions and Industry.

The objective of the MOBISERV project is to develop and use up-to-date technology in a coordinated, intelligent and easy to use way to support independent living of older persons as long as possible in their home or various degrees of institutionalization. The support will be delivered in interior (at home) daily living situations. The implementation will be based on the user acceptance of the technology and understanding of user interaction that truly addresses user needs.

MOBISERV will develop a support-concept and prove that it satisfies the objective. The concept is a personal intelligent platform consisting of various middleware and devices plus a primary set of functionalities. The MOBISERV platform will consist of the following:

• a physical robotic unit (PRU) which is an intelligent autonomous robot containing processing power, data storage capability, various sensors (including an adjustable camera), a machine learning/experience gathering/adaptation unit, a TFT touch screen of adjustable height and a speech synthesis and recognition interface,
• an optical recognition unit (ORU),
• wearable health supporting unit (WHSU) which will implement various functionalities such as monitoring of vital parameters etc, and
• a Smart Home Automation and communication unit (SHACU).

The physical elements are a robotic platform equipped with cameras and wireless communication devices, smart home automation infrastructure (e.g. wifi, sensors, central home control server etc) and intelligent textiles embedding sensors. The prototype developed in MOBISERV will be open both in the sense of being built using open-standards and in its ability to be expanded with new functionalities including communication with new physical elements for the home.