1. © ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA 2007. ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA Profile. 2nd Call Infoday, 22 nd May 2007 Pág. 1 ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA is a Technology Center specialised in ICTs: 7 th Framework Programme Accessible & Inclusive ICT Information Day 22 nd of May 2007 Attending: Carmen Pastor Society & Quality of Life ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA carmenp@robotiker.es

2. © ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA 2007. ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA Profile. 2nd Call Infoday, 22 nd May 2007 Pág. 2 ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA is a Technology Center specialised in ICTs: is member of A private Technology Corporation that integrates the activities of 5 Technological Centres in Spain TECNALIA figures:  Over 1.100 staff  125 Enterprises and Institutions on Boards  26 Sites (115.000 m 2 )  > 3.500 Clients/year  84,6 millions Euro (2005 Income)  FP6/EU: 99 Projects (22,5 M€ Income)

3. © ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA 2007. ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA Profile. 2nd Call Infoday, 22 nd May 2007 Pág. 3 ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA Technology Centre specialises in ICT’s (Information & Communication Technologies), and in Product Development. It seeks to contribute actively to the sustainable development of Society through Research & Technology Transfer.www.robotiker.com 2005 DATA  3 Facilities  ZAMUDIO, MADRID, CHILE  173 People  159 Permanent Staff  81% Higher Level Qualifications  11.87 million Euros in Income  80% R&D Projects  22 Own R&D Projects  31% of Income  More than 85 European Projects  24 Active in 2005  28 Enterprises & Institutions in the ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA Foundation  ISO 9001 Certified for all Business Processes.

4. © ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA 2007. ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA Profile. 2nd Call Infoday, 22 nd May 2007 Pág. 4 GENERAL ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCE Ambient Intelligence.  Connectivity: Wireless, Mobility, Ubiquity, Broadband, Embedded Systems.  Biometric Systems.  Intelligent and Multimodal Interfaces.  Knowledge Technologies: Ontologies and Semantic Websites.  Cognitive Vision. Machine vision applied to Human-Machine interaction. Technology and Society.  Assistive Technologies.  Development of the Information Society: e- Business, e-Work, e-Government. Energy: electronics and renewable energy sources. Manufacturing of the future.

5. © ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA 2007. ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA Profile. 2nd Call Infoday, 22 nd May 2007 Pág. 5 GENERAL ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCE: ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA SOCIAL SECTOR (I) ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA is committed to the application of new technologies in the field of disability and ageing through the development of accessible and assistive technologies based on universal design that can help people with disabilities and elderly people to interact with the environment by means of:  information access,  communication, and  device control.... Concretely,  Communication and device control interfaces for people with special needs.  Ambient Intelligence (AmI) for home environments.  Design for all.

6. © ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA 2007. ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA Profile. 2nd Call Infoday, 22 nd May 2007 Pág. 6 GENERAL ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCE: ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA SOCIAL SECTOR (II) References:  Ambient Intelligence Laboratory.  Smart Home demonstration platform.  Collaboration Agreement with ONCE for the development of a small-size wireless Braille keyboard with Bluetooth technology.  Organisation of a yearly Conference to promote Dependence-support Technology and make it available to the business community.  Dissemination seminars, training courses and workshops. Participation in International Associations:  Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe –AAATE.  Net of Assistive Technology in Latin-America.

7. © ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA 2007. ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA Profile. 2nd Call Infoday, 22 nd May 2007 Pág. 7 GENERAL ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCE: PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (I) SOPRANO (starting Jan. 2007):  Service oriented programmable smart environments for older Europeans (IP from IST-AAL call of FP6).  Development of context-aware, smart environment services with natural and comfortable interfaces for elderly people and everyone at affordable cost. DISPLAYER (under development):  Portable System for Reading Display Panels.  Enables blind people, and even those partially sighted to read different information screens (display panels), very common on domestic appliances and everyday household equipment.  Useful and affordable tool for blind and people with visual disabilities. 4 th ONCE International R&D Award in New Technologies for The Blind and Visually Impaired

8. © ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA 2007. ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA Profile. 2nd Call Infoday, 22 nd May 2007 Pág. 8 GENERAL ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCE: PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (II) VIDA:  Design & Development of an accessible domotic device for houses where ageing people and people with different kinds of disability live.  Result: Intelligent Supervisory System to control the domotic equipment in an accessible home.

9. © ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA 2007. ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA Profile. 2nd Call Infoday, 22 nd May 2007 Pág. 9 VIDA. System Functionalities Light Control Entertainment: Remote control of TV, DVD and Music equipment Alarm phone call Safety: - detector -Gas detector -Smoke detector -Movement detector Remote control on own house door Blind control

10. © ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA 2007. ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA Profile. 2nd Call Infoday, 22 nd May 2007 Pág. 10 GENERAL ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCE: PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (III) “BLUETYPE” BRAILLE KEYBOARD:  New Bluetooth Braille Keyboard for blind people.  Communication link via: Bluetooth, USB, IRDA, RS232. COMPORTA:  Design and development of an accessible portable communication system for people with severe motor impairment.

11. © ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA 2007. ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA Profile. 2nd Call Infoday, 22 nd May 2007 Pág. 11 INTERESTS FOR 2nd CALL Pervasive User Interfaces:  Intelligent Interface which will adapt to users physical, sensorial and cognitive impairments.  User centered interface, flexible and adaptable to changing contexts, movements, user behaviour, preferences and context needs. Accessible portable communicators for mobile environments. Smart Home integration of household devices. Advanced Machine Vision applications for developments for visually impaired people. Sound detection and recognition in home environments for hearing impaired people.

12. CARMEN PASTOR Parque Tecnológico·Edif. 202 E-48170 · Zamudio · Bizkaia Tel.: 34 94.600.22.66 · Fax: 34 94.600.22.99 carmenp@robotiker.es www.robotiker.com CARMEN PASTOR Parque Tecnológico·Edif. 202 E-48170 · Zamudio · Bizkaia Tel.: 34 94.600.22.66 · Fax: 34 94.600.22.99 carmenp@robotiker.es www.robotiker.com