JOINT MEETING Project COST-219ter/ RETADIM San Sebastián, 2nd October, 2007 Introduction of RETADIM Ramón Ceres Ruiz Institute of Industrial Automation- CSIC

Thematic Network of Assistive Technologies (for Disabled end Elderly People) Coordinator: Ramón Ceres Ruiz Institute of Industrial Automation- CSIC National Programme of Design and Industrial Production

The Network Special Action of the National Program of R&D –REFS: DPI E, DPI E. Integrated by different agents with more than 30 groups working on AT: –research, development, management and use AT Main goal: to promote the exchange of knowledge and experiences on AT among different actors and topics. To establish new links with the users in order to know and satisfy their special needs The RETADIM Network organizes multidisciplinary activities such as work meetings, thematic workshops, visits to centres, exchange of researches and others It is the Group of Reference in Spain of the European project COST 219ter that deals with Telecommunications: Access by Disabled and Elderly People

Objectives Exchange of knowledge and advancements on the area. Promotion of collaboration among similar/complementary groups Increasing the critical mass of R&D: –Articulating human resources –Promoting the mobility of young researchers –Performing ambitious national/international projects –To facilitate multidisciplinary collaboration among other agents in the area Dissemination knowledge and results to the scientific community and to the society Projection to the productive sector

Main Topics Robotics and Orthoprosthetics Human-machine interfaces and cooperation Orientation, transport and mobility Ambient Assisted Living (AAL). Control and adaptation of environment (personal, social, labour) Perception Communication, cognitive and relation systems Evaluation and diagnostics systems Horizontal aspects: formation, normative, policy…

Members of the Network InstitutionGroup CEAPAT-IMSERSO E.T.S.I.Industriales. Univ.Castilla-La ManchaIngeniería de la Rehabilitación E.T.S.I.Telecomunicación. UPMGrupo de Tecnología del Habla E.T.S.I.Telecomunicación. Universidad ValladolidGrupo de Ingeniería Biomédica (GIB) Escuela Politécnica Superior CastelldefelsGrupo de Instrumentación, Sensores e Interfaces Escuela Politécnica Superior.Univ.Carlos IIIRoboticsLab Escuela Politécnica Superior.Univ. de AlcaláAyuda a la Movilidad Escuela Superior de Ingeniería. Univ. de SevillaGrupo de Ingeniería Biomédica Facultad de Informática. Univ.País VascoLaboratorio Interacción Persona-Computador Necesidades Especiales Fundación Fatronik Fundación INGEMA Fundación INTRAS-Valladolid Fundación PROMI Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos de Toledo (SESCAM)Unidad I+D+I de Biomecánica y Ayudas Técnicas Hospital Perpetuo Socorro de Albacete (SESCAM)Asociación Sociedad de Geriatría de Albacete IKERLANÁrea de Tecnologías de Software Inst.Investigación Ingeniería Aragón Univ.ZaragozaRobótica, Percepción y Tiempo Real Instituto de Automática Industrial- CSICGrupo de Bioingeniería Instituto de Biomecánica de Valencia Instituto Itaca. Univ. Politécnica ValenciaTecnologías para la Salud y el Bienestar (TSB) Real Patronato sobre Discapacidad

Members of the Network InstitutionGroup ROBOTIKER-TECNALIAABLE – Tecnología Accesible Universidad Autónoma de MadridMOVUAM Universidad de La LagunaDiverTIC - Tecnologías de la Información y las Com. Universidad de ZaragozaTecnodiscap Universidad Miguel Hernández de ElcheVirtual Reality and Robotics Lab Universidad nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)Psicobiotecnomedicina sobre Discapacidad Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT)Electrónica Industrial y Médica - EIMED Universidad Politécnica de CataluñaDivisón de Robótica y Visión del CREB Universidad Politécnica de CataluñaCentro de Estudios Tecnológicos para la Dependencia (CETpD) Universidad Publica de NavarraSensores de fibra óptica y aplicaciones domóticas VICOMTech - Centro de InvestigaciónInterfaces Multimodales Invited Members InstitutionGroup Universidade Federal do Espírito SantoDepartamento de Engenharia Elétrica - Grupo de Robótica de Reabilitação Universidad Politécnica de MadridETSI Telecomunicación - GBT Universidad de SevillaFacultad de Informática

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Type of Groups University Departments: Research/Technological Centres: 7 Hospitals: 2 Entities related to the impairments: 2 –Total: 31 Groups

Activities (1/3) I Workshop of the Tehmatic Network of Assistive Technologies Activities: General presentation of the Network Presentations of the groups Proposals and future activities Place and date: C.E.S.E.P C, Pamplona – November 7 th of

Activities (2/3) Workshop: Implication of the disabled people as user in the R&D projects Place and date: CEAPAT ( IMSERSO), Madrid- 13 de June, 2007 Objectives: To show the active place that the disabled people should take in R&D projects, defining good and bad practices on the whole project, from the detection of special needs to the execution and validation, considering ethical and operative aspects. To stimulate the creation of research projects with more relation with the real problems and real demands of the society. To present the points of view and formulas of conjunction of the different actors of the R&D: researches, developers, manufacturers, therapist, users and others. To share the knowledge and experiences Character: open

Workshop Contents Communications: Advancements on Human-computer Interaction for special needs. The user as the centre of the TICs interaction. Participation of the user on R&D projects. Empowering the User. Detection and gathering of the user needs. Practical examples. Formal techniques of evaluation with users. Good and bad Practices. Ethical Aspects in research with disabled people. Round Table: Research challenges in support technologies: the Market Idea.

Activities (3/3) AAATE - October- 2007, San Sebastian Combined meeting with the COST 219ter project (October 2nd) Ordinary meeting (October 3rd). –Activities and economic report –Thematic presentation: Robotics in Rehabilitation.

Next Activities Workshop on CASEIB 2007 (Annual Congress of the Spanish Society of Biomedical Engineering) –New Human-computer Interaction Modes. BCI Systems Cartagena, November 2007 Organized jointly with REDINBIO

Relations with Main Networks Thematic Group of Bioengineering (CEA, Spanish Committee of Automatics) Latin American Network - Riberdiscap REDINBIO (Spanish Bioengineering Network) COST219ter

Coordinator of the Network: Ramón Ceres Ruiz – Contact Person: Anselmo Frizera – Web Master: VICOMTech -