RobotCare – Network for Robots who Care
RobotCare is a community network of various national and international stakeholders coordinated by the ZHAW in the context of developing service robots for the specific needs of retirement and nursing homes.
Goals / What we offer
Application-centred clarification of the needs in the field of service robotics in retirement and nursing homes and corresponding derivation of the market potential nationally and internationally
Establishing a systematic dialogue between technology developers and researchers as well as stakeholders of the elderly and healthcare facilities, including care and service staff, management and residents and their families
Identification of synergies between national and international universities for future joint initiatives in the field of applied research and development
Current Members / Partnerships
Project lead: Prof. Dr. Yulia Sandamirskaya, ZHAW Cognitive Computing in Life Sciences
Project/network coordination: Dr. Nicole Gerber, ZHAW Expert Group Hospitality & Service Management
Research partners: Prof. Dr. Yukie Nagai, Kyoto University; Prof. Dr. Kanda Takayuki, University of Tokyo
Care home partners: Betagtenzentrum Emmen AG, Bürgerspital Basel Burgfelderhof, Cadonau, Flury Stiftung, Haus Tabea, Viva Luzern
Industry partners: ABB, ECSPECD, INIVation, NEURA Robotics, Neuromorphic Computing Lab at Intel, Prophesee, SynSense
News / Current activities
- 2025 Community event in Switzerland (Details to follow)
- 21./22.11.24 open-i 2024 - The Swiss Innovation Platform
- 15.11.2024 Presentation of Unitree G1 «Roboter-Premiere in Winterthur»
- 01.11.2024 Swiss Robotics Day 2024, Bern (exhibitors)
- 02.09.2024 Workshop at the Digital Health Lab Day 2024 «Co-design of Service Robots in Healthcare: Multiple perspectives and stakeholders» in Winterthur
Projects
Unfortunately, no list of projects can be displayed here at the moment. Until the list is available again, the project search on the ZHAW homepage can be used.
Publications
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2014.
Morphological computation and control : von der Robotik zur Funktion der Zelle.
In:
Vortrag Aargauische Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Aarau, 10. Dezember 2014.
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2014.
Morphological computation and control : von der Robotik zur Funktion der Zelle.
In:
Vortrag: Naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Winterthur, Winterthur, 21. Februar 2014.
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2014.
Innovative Robotersysteme als Helping Hand : Mensch und Maschine im Produktionsteam 2.0.
Automation und Robotik.
2014(1/März).
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Stadler, Konrad; Elspass, Wilfried J.; van de Venn, Hans Wernher,
2014.
Robo-Mate : exoskeleton to enhance industrial production [paper].
In:
Kozlowski, Krzysztof; Tokhi, Mohammad O.; Virk, Gurvinder S., eds.,
Mobile Service Robotics : Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines.
World Scientific Publishing.
pp. 53-60.
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2014.
Wearable robotic protection : symbiosis between man and machine.
Health & Safety International.
2014(53), pp. 15-23.
Available from: https://www.hsimagazine.com/article/wearable-robotic-protection-1030