COALAS : A EU multidisciplinary research project for assistive robotics neuro-rehabilitation'

The prevalence of chronic neuro-disability, wheelchair use and cost of caring is increasing in Europe and US. The policymakers are advocating research and use of assistive technology as a way to address this challenge. We will describe a multinational and multidisciplinary project ”Cognitive Assistive Living Ambient System COALAS” funded by EU research grant of 1.6 million Euro. Our aim is to develop innovative technology based on robotics and ICT for caring the patients to enhance their independence and quality of life. We adopted a user-centred co-production process. The project has three milestones: expectations and recommendations, design and development, evaluation. This article presents the project methodology and the preliminary results in terms of user recommendations and assistive robotics for user autonomy

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