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Towards a Distributed Intelligent Home Based on Smart Furniture for China's Aging Population

  • Population aging is one of the major challenges facing the world. In particular, the advent of China's aging society caused by various factors will be a major threat to its future development. Therefore, serious measures need to be taken to achieve its demographic sustainability. Smart furniture can be considered as a novel subcategory of gerontechnology. One of the main outcomes of the EU-funded REACH project was a variety of smart furniture named Personalized Intelligent Interior Units (PI2Us) which served as the key component of a distributed intelligent home to promote the health and activity level of older adults. This outcome can potentially be a solution to mitigate the consequences caused by population aging. In order to understand the attitudes and opinions of Chinese older adults towards the relevant technologies, the authors conducted an opinion survey using the PI2Us as an example, which sampled more than 380 older adults in 26 out of 34 provincial-level administrative divisions of China. The survey showed that Chinese older adults in general have a highly positive attitude towards smart furniture and smart home technologies. Several other insights also can be revealed from the survey. Based on further analyses, the paper summarized why the elderly-oriented smart furniture and distributed intelligent home has the potential to thrive in China's market soon. Finally, a three-year project action plan for implementing localized solutions in cooperation with a large Chinese furniture manufacturer was presented.

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Author:Rongbo HuORCiD, Thomas LinnerORCiDGND, Suting Wang, Wenting Cheng, Xiaolong Liu, Jörg Güttler, Charlie Zhao, Yuan Lu, Thomas BockORCiD
DOI:https://doi.org/10.22260/ISARC2021/0008
ISBN:978-952-69524-1-3
Parent Title (English):Proceedings of the 38th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC): 02.11.2021 - 04.11.2021, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Subtitle (German):A survey
Publisher:International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC)
Editor:Chen Feng, Thomas Linner, Ioannis Brilakis
Document Type:conference proceeding (article)
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2021
Release Date:2022/04/26
Tag:Chinese older adults; Distributed intelligent home; Gerontechnology; Population aging; Smart furniture; Survey
First Page:41
Last Page:48
Institutes:Fakultät Bauingenieurwesen
Begutachtungsstatus:peer-reviewed
Publication:Externe Publikationen
research focus:Gebäude und Infrastruktur
Licence (German):Keine Lizenz - Es gilt das deutsche Urheberrecht: § 53 UrhG