The Taxonomy of Assistive Technology Device Outcomes [ 25] suggests generic classes of outcomes as the most pertinent for the conceptual modeling of assistive technology device intervention outcome relationships.
Take the example of assistive technologies for the elderly.
The 3D models of the assistive equipment were all custom built for the purposes of this research, and were developed using Blender, an open sourced 3D modeling application [ 51].
The analysis was based on the basic principle of the bio-psycho-social model of health Ambient Assisted Living solutions and assistive technologies can have positive impacts on different dimensions of health and quality of life.
We made novel use of parametric time-to-event analysis to model age at initial use of assistive device for ambulation.
For example, conceptual frameworks in occupational therapy (e.g. Canadian Model of Occupational Performance) [ 27] and assistive technology outcomes (e.g. Human Activity Assistive Technology model) [ 28] situate functional performance as a consequence of the fit between these components.
Our work is also meaningful for brain-based control of assistive or rehabilitative devices and EMG-driven neuromusculoskeletal models.
The proposed method for control of assistive devices was evaluated using a test in which a computer simulation model of an electric wheelchair was controlled using six tongue motions.
We formulate the learning problem of assistive strategies as a policy search problem and exploit a data-efficient model-based reinforcement learning framework.
