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Independent Feeding of People Affected with Osteoarthritis Through a Didactic Robot and Visual Control

Abstract:

This chapter presents a work that will help in the consumption of the food of people with osteoarthritis. In this way, the patient will avoid discomfort in the joints of their hands. The system consists of an artificial vision algorithm and independent feeding part. The vision algorithm allows the detection of the face, localization, and tracking the person’s mouth. The independent feeding part consists of a didactic robotic arm. The robotic arm takes the food from the dish. The vision algorithm detects and tracks the face, then locates the position of the mouth. Finally, the robotic arm delivers the food to the user. The program was developed in Python using OpenCV and Dlib libraries. The face alignment method has an average of 94% of effectiveness.