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Services for remote social activities. Technological applications can make it possible
for people with disabilities to interact with other subjects while remaining at home. To
clarify the idea of remote social services, an example applied to the activity of playing
cards is described in Scenario 4.
Scenario 4. Services for remote social activities
A woman who is confined to bed at home plays cards with three of her friends who are seated in a
recreational centre. To play they use a special platform made of touch screens and monitors embedding
webcams that are remotely and wirelessly connected between them. In the recreational centre, each friend
has their own touch screen showing their own cards and on the table stands a monitor that shows the cards
at stake. The subject at home has a touch screen showing her cards and a monitor that displays both the
cards at stake and her friends. Thanks to the real-time communication between the different components,
the four friends can talk and discuss, see gestures of their companions and interact positively.
Services for physical participation in social activities. Robotics can help people with
a disability to join in activities carried out in recreational centres, houses of friends,
cinemas, restaurants, theatres, churches, etc. Innovative systems, smart and with
reduced dimensions, can move users from their house in the urban space and then reach
the other environments where they can meet other people and socialise. The most
important feature that should characterize these systems is the ability to move indoors
and outdoors. The devices should be able to overcome obstacles like steps, to be able to
move on different kinds of ground and to have reduced dimensions for moving around
easily in closed environments.
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