Project description DEENESFRITPL Virtual coaches for the elderly As societies age, there is a growing need for personalised guidance on healthy lifestyles and healthcare, and this should use modern information and communications technologies. However, older adult patients often lack familiarity with these technologies and require more natural and client-oriented approaches to human-machine communication. The EU-funded COUCH project proposes the concept of a ‘Council of Coaches’. This involves open dialogue where clients collaborate with virtual coaches, known as embodied conversational social characters, to create their ideal lifestyles through sensing and dialogue. By leveraging high-level argumentation technology in human-computer interaction, the project will provide an unprecedented level of coaching services. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Despite the proliferation of ICT solutions for personalized healthcare, there is still no easy way to provide older adults with integrated coaching services. Council of Coaches (COUCH) introduces a radically new virtual coaching concept based on multiple autonomous, embodied virtual coaches, which form together a personal council that fulfills the needs of older adults in an integrated way. Each Coach has his own expertise, personality and style of coaching; they might not always agree with each other, but they all share a single goal: to support you across every aspect of well-being, including physical, social, cognitive and mental support. The Council members listen to you, inform you, help you to set personal goals and inspire you to take control of your health. Give the council your thoughts, or listen and observe how the individual Coaches exchange their views on numerous issues. Apply your new skills in daily life and if the need arises, contact any of the coaches anytime, anywhere.COUCH will be empowered by a novel Open Agent Platform, providing core functionalities for the development and deployment of Coaches, including technologies for non-obtrusive interactions between the user and the Coaches. To this end, leading edge spoken dialogue interaction technologies will be provided as embodied conversational agents that will join in conversations with the user. The platform will not be confined to a constrained number of Coaches – rather it will enable developers and innovators to introduce new Coaches that provide additional knowhow and services. Hence, COUCH will enable a new virtual coaching ecosystem, bringing together healthcare services providers with innovators to implement novel ideas. Plans for the sustainability and wider use of its paradigm will be based on the expansion and support of this ecosystem at EU scale, including linking with the partners’ business networks and the FIWARE & universAAL communities. Fields of science humanitieslanguages and literatureliterature studiessocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementinnovation managementengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemsmedical and health scienceshealth scienceshealth care services Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.1. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Health, demographic change and well-being Main Programme H2020-EU.3.1.4. - Active ageing and self-management of health Topic(s) SC1-PM-15-2017 - Personalised coaching for well-being and care of people as they age Call for proposal H2020-SC1-2016-2017 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SC1-2017-CNECT-1 Funding Scheme RIA - Research and Innovation action Coordinator UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE Net EU contribution € 777 375,00 Address DRIENERLOLAAN 5 7522 NB Enschede Netherlands See on map Region Oost-Nederland Overijssel Twente Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 777 375,00 Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BV Netherlands Net EU contribution € 694 750,00 Address ROESSINGHSBLEEKWEG 33 7522 AH Enschede See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Oost-Nederland Overijssel Twente Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 694 750,00 FONDEN TEKNOLOGIRÅDET Denmark Net EU contribution € 471 875,00 Address SOROGADE 6 3 2100 KOBENHAVN O See on map Region Danmark Hovedstaden Byen København Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 471 875,00 SORBONNE UNIVERSITE France Net EU contribution € 576 250,00 Address 21 RUE DE L'ECOLE DE MEDECINE 75006 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 657 500,00 Third-party Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure. CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France Net EU contribution € 81 250,00 Address RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 81 250,00 UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 472 500,00 Address Nethergate DD1 4HN Dundee See on map Region Scotland Eastern Scotland Angus and Dundee City Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 472 500,00 UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA Spain Net EU contribution € 373 750,00 Address CAMINO DE VERA SN EDIFICIO 3A 46022 Valencia See on map Region Este Comunitat Valenciana Valencia/València Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 373 750,00 INNOVATION SPRINT Belgium Net EU contribution € 256 250,00 Address RUE CLOS CHAPELLE-AUX-CHAMPS 30 BTE 1.3.30 1200 Bruxelles / Brussel See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 256 250,00
