Background: A new concept for context recognition involves a smart home system, wearables, and service robots.
Objectives: To find the best suited robot platform for the given use case.
Methods: An assessment of available service robots based on various factors is carried out.
Results: The OpenBot is best suited for the further development of this concept.
Conclusion: The new concept will increase the precision and reliability in context recognition.
Keywords: Active assisted living (AAL); context recognition; service robots.