Bachelor Thesis

Title

Development of a Domotic System Integrated with a Vocal Assistant Supporting Social Welfare Services Based on Gamification

Supervisors

Supervisor: Prof. Alessandro Ricci

Co-supervisor: Ing. Massimiliano Malavasi

Co-supervisor: Dr. Laura Bugo

Abstract

In recent times, domotic solutions have emerged as means to facilitate domestic life, allowing optimization and automation of every-day tasks. For some people, domotics may even offer a perspective of independence, in which impracticable activities become finally accessible, proving an invaluable technology in support of the elderly and people with disabilities.

In collaboration with the AUSL of Bologna, in particular the CRA (Regional Centre for Assistive technology) team at the Ausilioteca, led by coordinator Ing. Massimiliano Malavasi and guided by neuropsychologist Dr. Arianna Gherardini and software developer Dr. Laura Bugo, this project involves the design and development of an educational service integrated into a domotic system, allowing training of cognitive skills. The primary objective is to deploy this suite within a social welfare context to assist people with disabilities or cognitive impairments, monitoring their progress during their psycho-educational program under the supervision of qualified staff.

The suite includes the integration of heterogeneous domotic solutions through a centralized control system, providing a unified standard interface. The domotic system is also integrated with a vocal assistant for increased accessibility and for communicating with an educational service. The educational service exposes three cognitive games based on vocal interactions for training short- and long-term memory, attention, imagination, orientation, and executive functions, such as response inhibition.