European Research Project "MATS" using Robotics for elderly and disabled people
The acronym "MATS means "Flexible Mechatronic Assitive Technology System to support persons with special needs in all their living and working environments".

The main purpose of this project is to think, develop and produce a prototype version of a house robot that improve the working and living conditions of disabled persons at their house.
This will allow us to achieve one of the main goals of the European Commission namely a society accessible for everyone and not discriminating.
The research project will also contribute to the further development of decentralised intelligence in houses "Ambient Intelligence".

The revolutionary concept of the MATS system proposes a flexible mechatronic (robotics) to help disabled people in their daily tasks byt also in their work and leisure time.

The central element of MATS will be a central robotised arm that will move himself from one station (docking station) to the other and this arm will allow the user to use the arm for different purposes in the house. The project subsidized by the European Commission, starts on September 1st 2001 and will last for three years and is part of the IST (Information Society Technologies) program.

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