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Project

Servicebot

Center:

ME-The University of Maine, Center for Community Inclusion, UCEDD

Fiscal Year:

2011

Contact Information:

Elizabeth DePoy
[email protected]
207-581-1469

Project Description:

Partial fiscal support was received from a Quality of Life Bridging Barriers grant for a unique project devoted to the design and fabrication of the Servicebot. Servicebot is conceptualized as a cost-efficient, robotic assistant controlled by a wearable sensor that will augment the ability of individuals primarily with spinal cord injury but also with other conditions that limit motor function to participate in community-based and work activity, such as grocery shopping, socializing and eating in workplace cafeterias, independently retriev-ing work supplies and so forth. Specifically Servicebot will be designed to per-form the tasks of entrance and egress, retrieval, moving, and placing objects for use and consumption. Off the shelf parts will be used as much as possible to promote the affordability of Servicebot.

Keyword(s):

servicebot; design and fabrication, robotic assistant, spinal cord injury

Core Function(s):

Performing Research or Evaluation, Developing & Disseminating Information

Area of Emphasis

Quality Assurance, Quality of Life

Target Audience:

Family Members/Caregivers, Adults with Disabilities, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

None

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

Not Applicable