"Commanding Your Robot" Older Adults' Preferences for Methods of Robot Control.
"Commanding Your Robot" Older Adults' Preferences for Methods of Robot Control.
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10.1177/1071181312561224
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2012-09-01
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Rogers, Wendy A
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Beer, Jenay M;Prakash, Akanksha;Rogers, Wendy A
家用机器人有可能帮助老年人保持独立。然而，部署在老年人家中的机器人将被要求与未经训练的新手用户进行交互。未经训练的用户，如老年人，提供命令或控制机器人的方式（即，“机器人控制方法”）将可能影响机器人的易用性和采用。目前的研究探讨了老年人对控制机器人的偏好。12名独立生活的老年人（68-79岁）在家庭环境中观察了一个功能正常的个人机器人，并接受了关于他们对机器人控制的具体方法（即，激光指示器、物理操作和设备）。老年人认为这些特定方法的优点和缺点，包括“指挥的特异性”，“准确的机器人性能”，“他们自己的身体能力的限制”和“使用控制设备的挑战”。“老年人还完成了一份问卷，测量他们使用10种不同类型的机器人控制方法的意愿。这些数据表明，老年人愿意使用各种方法。尽管老年人对机器人控制的自发想法有限（即，仅限于语音命令），一旦接触到其他选项，他们愿意并开放各种控制方法。
Home robots have the potential to assist older adults in maintaining their independence. However, robots deployed in older adults' homes will be required to interact with untrained, novice users. The way untrained users, such as older adults, provide commands or control the robot (i.e., "method of robot control") will likely impact the ease of use and adoption of the robot. The current study explored older adults' preferences for controlling robots. Twelve independently-living older adults (ages 68-79) observed a functioning personal robot in a home setting, and were interviewed about their opinions regarding specific methods of robot control (i.e., laser pointer, physical manipulation, and devices). The older adults perceived advantages and disadvantages of these specific methods, including 'specificity in command', 'accurate robot performance', 'limitations in their own physical capability', and 'challenges in using control device.' The older adults also completed a questionnaire measuring their willingness to use 10 different types of methods of robot control. These data revealed that older adults were willing to use a variety of methods. Although older adults were limited in their spontaneous ideas about robot control (i.e., limited to voice command), once exposed to other options they were willing and open to a variety of control methods.