Design of a bath robot system — User definition and user requirements based on International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)

Abstract

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) provides an internationally established conceptual framework to describe and assess functions and disabilities of a person in several health domains. It will guide the technical design of the system functionalities of the I-Support bath robot system. Based on the ICF we describe a comprehensive model of impairments, limitations and user requirements, which are the basis for the definition of use case scenarios from a clinical perspective. At the end, we present a brief description of technical specifications used for the I-Support bath robot system and also provide information on hardware configurations and their feasibility.