The main aim is to develop a Socially Assistive Robot (SAR) that helps elderly people, especially those with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), with their daily activities and care needs and provides the means for effective self-management of their disease.

KSERA project is partially funded by the  European Union with FP7
The project started on 1 February 2010 and will run for three years finishing on 31 January 2013

Project partners:

• Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, NL (coordinator)
  
• Instituto Superiore Mario Boella, I
• Maccabi Healthcare Services, Is
• Vienna University of Technology. A
• CEIT RALTEC gemeinnuetzige GmbH, A
• Consoft sistemi S.p.A, I
• Universität Hamburg, D