Arianna: towards a new paradigm for assistive technology at home
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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 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 personalised assistant. This abstract outlines the main concepts underlying its features and capabilities.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- CoRR
دوره abs/1707.03988 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017