A new European research project is about to start that will bring together a consortium of partners from academic institutions and industry across Europe led by the School of Nursing and Midwifery of the National University of Ireland, Galway.
The MARIO project aims to manage active and healthy ageing through the use of caring service robots. It is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, within the thematic section ‘Societal Challenge on Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing’. It assembles a team of international experts from academia, industry and dementia groups to work collaboratively in tackling the burdens imposed by dementia and developing innovative solutions using caring robots.