Designing an assistive robot for older adults: The ROBADOM project
Designing an assistive robot for older adults: The ROBADOM project
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DOI：
10.1016/j.irbm.2013.01.003
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发表时间：
2013-04-01
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影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Rigaud, A. -S
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作者：
Wu, Y. -H.;Wrobel, J.;Rigaud, A. -S
Objective. - ROBADOM项目致力于设计一个“机器人管家”，能够提供口头和非口头的互动和反馈，以帮助家中的老年人。本文主要研究了以下几个问题：（1）研究社会机器人设计的社会背景，定义机器人的外观，调查老年人对辅助机器人的看法和态度;（2）检查机器人的表现力的感知，社会信号显示最终用户的参与程度和作用的代理体现在老年人和机器人之间的互动。- 研究设计包括定性和实验方法。结果与讨论。- 具有人类/动物和机器之间某些特征的小型机器人受到与会者的赞赏。至于服务，认知刺激，提醒和对象定位的积极评价。虽然参与者认为辅助机器人是有用的，但他们还没有准备好采用它。老年人和年轻人对机器人表情的感知不同。因此，专门为老年人设计的机器人系统应该针对这一人群的具体特点。我们还将社交信号确定为交互期间用户参与度的指标。最后，与会者提出了机器人系统与笔记本电脑相比的附加值问题。因此，各种问题（技术发展、人机交互、社会背景..）在家里测试机器人的影响之前，(c)2013年由Elsevier Masson SAS出版。
Objective. - The ROBADOM project was devoted to the design of a "robot butler", capable of providing verbal and non-verbal interactions and feedbacks for assisting older adults at home. In this article we focused on the following issues: (1) study the social context for designing social robot; define the robot appearance and investigate the perceptions and attitudes of older adults towards an assistive robot; (2) examine the perception of the expressivity of the robot, the social signals showing the end-user engagement level and the role of agent embodiment during the interaction between older adults and a robot.Method. - The design of the studies involved both qualitative and experimental methods.Results & Discussion. - Small robots with some traits between human/animal and machine were appreciated by the participants. As regards services, cognitive stimulation, reminder and object localization were positively rated. Although the participants considered an assistive robot as useful, they were not yet ready to adopt it. The expressions of the robot were perceived differently in older and young adults. Thus, a robotic system dedicated to older adults should be tailored to the specific characteristics of this population. We also identified social signals as indicators of the user's engagement level during interaction. Finally, the issue of the added valued of a robotic system in comparison to a laptop was raised by our participants. Therefore, various issues (technological development, human-robot interaction, social context...) are to be explored before testing the impact of the robot at home. (c) 2013 Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.