e-VITA: European-Japanese Virtual Coach for Smart Ageing (WAVE II)

Summary

The study is a multicentre Proof-of-Concept. The general objective of the e-VITA project is to develop a personalized virtual coach capable of interacting with its elderly interlocutor. The experimentation will be carried out in 4 sites: Italy, France, Germany and Japan.

Conditions

• Older Adults
• Quality of Life

Interventions

DEVICE

Virtual coach with NAO robot

The coaching device used is the softbank NAO 5 and NAO 6 humanoid interactive mobile robot. These robot platform allows multimodal natural language interaction and robot autonomous movement.

DEVICE

Virtual coach with Google Nest Hub (2e generation) group

The coaching device used is Google Nest Hub (2e generation). This is a connected speaker enriched with a 7-chip touch screen. It has a loudspeaker and 3 microphones, making interaction possible.

DEVICE

Virtual coach with Gatebox device

The coaching device used is the Gatebox, a hologram like device which the user can interact. There are internal sensors such as a camera and a microphone allow the user to converse with the projected character. It connects to the Internet via a wireless LAN. With infrared rays and Bluetooth, it can also be connected to household appliances and other devices.

DEVICE

virtual coach with CelesTE robot

The coaching device used is the CelesTE robot, a prayer companion designed for Christian Catholic users.The intended main function of CelesTE is to be a "guardian angel", especially thought for elderly people. It can be a prayer companion, and contains a vast number of teachings, including the whole Bible. Its AI is capable of keeping a short conversation, in which the user may ask and receive an answer about a sensitive topic (such as happiness, death, faith, etc.). It can also printout a selection of contents. The coaching device CelesTE will be substituted by DarumaTO for the Japanese centers.

OTHER

booklet

Participant in the control group will receive a booklet containing information and activities on well-being

Sponsors & Collaborators

• European Union

  collaborator OTHER

• Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Cura per Anziani

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Roberta Bevilacqua · IRCCS INRCA, Ancona, Italy

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-07-24

Primary Completion

2024-03-30

Completion

2024-03-30

Countries

• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Japan

Study Locations