Conceptual Design of the Interactive Communication and Care Robot for the Older Generation

This research conducted the daily schedule interview and living survey to four families with members of older generation who aged from 65 to 80, firstly. Then, a questionnaire survey to 86 old peoples about their daily schedules, health care problems and demand for interaction with family members and AIOS life style scale was executed. The study finds that elderly stay at home. These old people usually feature physical capability deterioration, long-term medicine taking, emphasis on exercises, etc; they feel lonely and like others’ company and interactions with their children or relatives. Thus, a scenario was developed to depict the health care and interaction demands for old generations in the future, and various possibility of interactive communication. Based on the scenario and with the adoption of high technologies, we proposed two innovative intelligent caring robot design, "MORI" and "Hi – Bee". The research be served as the reference for developing future intelligent robots for older generations.