1. AsTeRICS
& AEGIS
Presenter:
Edwige Pissaloux (UPMC, FR)
Consortium :
- KI-I (Austria)
- FHTW (Austria) Project start : Jan 2010
- UCY (Cyprus) Project end : Dec 2012
- UPMC France)
- StarLab (Spain)
- INGEMA (Spain)
- HARPO (Poland)
- Sensory (UK)
- IMA (Tchequi)

2. AsTeRICS Goal
• Goal of AsTeRICS project
design & evaluate with „primary and secondary users“
an adaptable and scalable system
supporting also unconventional peripherals
(BCI, vision, etc)
for (upper limb) motor impaired interactions
AsTeRICS concept ACS (AsTeRICS Configuration Set)

3. AsTeRICS system main characteristics
• flexibilty in setting up a workable and convenient device set for
person with disability
• adaptive configurations to specific needs evolution in time
• basic configurations for standard uses
• support several unconventional
– sensors
– actuators
for user interaction
• facilitate access to various devices such as PC, cell phones, smart
home,…

4. AsTeRICS & AEGIS
AEGIS - (Open Accessibility Everywhere: Groundwork, Infrastructure, Standards)
a) S = standards
AEGIS aims
° Policy development for accessible technologies (GUI)
° “propose results of the project to the appropriate standards organizations
for adoption”
AsTeRICS = contribution to standards
b) AsTeRICS
° brings accessibility to ICT via unconventional peripherals
° allows new adaptable accessibility models
° creates new accessibility opportunities (ambient and ART)
° sets standard for technical interoperability
c) AsTeRICS & AEGIS
° AsTeRICS could serve as a demonstrator how people with severe motor disabilities
can interact with AEGIS-based GUIs.