YOUBAN: robotic solutions to assist the elderly in daily mobility activities and using robot companionship to offset loneliness and isolation

照顾老年人是一个日益严重的全球性问题。中国有2.41亿人超过60岁，到2050年将翻一番。创新技术可以帮助老年人完成日常生活任务。对许多中国的祖父母来说，这包括家庭职责，如从托儿所接送孙子，做日常购物和执行任何管理。老年人通常难以行走超过500米，但移动设备价格昂贵，需要空间存放。总而言之，智能移动辅助可以最大限度地提高老年人的功能能力。在其他家庭因工作而搬走的情况下，我们希望解决孤独感的影响，并改善老年人对互联网的访问以及与亲人，护理人员和医疗设施的沟通。因此，我们在这个项目中的目标是开发3种不同的机器人：1/ YOUBAN Home将通过陪伴和宠物类型的存在来解决孤独感2/YOUBAN Go将提供用于购物和携带儿童的移动设备，这些移动设备是电动的，可以最大限度地轻松和安全3/YOUBAN Ride将是一种小型四轮滑板车，具有额外的智能驾驶安全性。它具有独特的转向能力，非常适合手臂虚弱或关节炎等老年人。这些机器人构成了该项目的关键创新成果。健康老龄化是实现全民健康覆盖（UHC）的基础，这是联合国可持续发展目标的目标3所隐含的。该项目旨在提供长期护理，以最大限度地发挥老年人的功能，并在必要时通过辅助技术支持维持功能能力。在生命的各个阶段优化良好健康的机会将确保老年人能够保持独立，增加他们在社会中的社会和经济参与，同时降低医疗保健费用。

Care for the elderly is a growing global problem. In China 241 million people are over 60 and this is set to double by 2050. Innovative technology can assist the elderly to perform their daily life tasks. For many Chinese grandparents this includes domestic duties such as ferrying grandchildren from nursery day care, doing the daily shopping and carrying out any administration. Elderly often have difficulty walking more than 500 meters, however mobility devices are expensive and requires room to store. All in all, intelligent mobility assistance could greatly maximise the elderly functional capabilities.In other cases where family have moved away for work we want to address the impact of loneliness and improve accessibility by the elderly to the Internet and communication with loved ones, carers and medical facilities. Thus we aim in this project to develop 3 different robots:1/ YOUBAN Home will address loneliness through companionship and pet type presence2/YOUBAN Go will provide mobility devices for shopping and child carrying that are motorised for maximum ease and safety 3/ and YOUBAN Ride will be a small 4 wheel scooter with extra intelligent driving security.It has a unique steering capability ideal for elderly with weak arms or arthritis etc.These robots form the project’s key innovative outcomes.Healthy Ageing is fundamental to the achievement of universal health coverage (UHC), implicit in Goal 3 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This project is directed at long-term care orientated around maximizing function in older age and through assistive technologies support the maintenance of functional ability where necessary. Optimizing opportunities for good health at all stages of life will ensure that older people can maintain independence and increase their social and economic participation in society, while reducing healthcare costs.