2021/03/16 by Dawid Gruszczyński, Gruszczyński, Dawid, Maciej Stefańczyk +1
Computer Science · #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Robotics (cs.RO) #cs.RO
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2103.09298
arxiv created 2021/04/01 · arxiv updated 2021/04/02
Effective methods of preventing falls significantly improve the quality of life of the Elderly. Nowadays, people focus mainly on the proper provision of the apartment with handrails and fall detection systems once they have occurred. The article presents a~system of active detection and classification of the risk of falls in the home space using a~service robot equipped with a~vision sensor. Hazard classification allows for effective performance of tasks assigned to the robot while maintaining a~high level of user safety.