The design of Lil'Flo, a socially assistive robot for upper extremity motor assessment and rehabilitation in the community via telepresence.
The design of Lil'Flo, a socially assistive robot for upper extremity motor assessment and rehabilitation in the community via telepresence.
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DOI：
10.1177/20556683211001805
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发表时间：
2021-01
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2
通讯作者：
Johnson MJ
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作者：
Sobrepera MJ;Lee VG;Johnson MJ
我们推出了 Lil’Flo，一种用于社区部署的社交辅助机器人远程康复系统。随着康复专业人员短缺的加剧，特别是在农村地区，越来越需要在患者生活、工作、学习和娱乐的社区提供护理。传统的远程呈现虽然有用，但无法提供运动康复和评估所需的丰富交互和数据。我们利用之前的可用性研究结果设计了 Lil’Flo，针对患有脑瘫和臂丛神经损伤的儿科患者。该系统将传统的远程呈现和计算机视觉与人形机器人结合起来，人形机器人可以与患者玩游戏，并在远程临床医生的监督下以一种现场且引人入胜的方式指导他们。我们通过虚拟可用性测试对 13 名康复临床医生进行了调查，以评估该系统。该系统比我们之前的迭代更便携、可扩展、更便宜，并且具有富有表现力的人形机器人。虚拟可用性测试表明，临床医生相信 Lil'Flo 可以部署在农村和老年护理机构中，并且比传统的仅视频远程呈现更能进行远程拉伸、力量训练和运动评估。 Lil’Flo 代表了一种在社区提供康复护理同时保持临床医生与患者联系的新颖方法。
We present Lil’Flo, a socially assistive robotic telerehabilitation system for deployment in the community. As shortages in rehabilitation professionals increase, especially in rural areas, there is a growing need to deliver care in the communities where patients live, work, learn, and play. Traditional telepresence, while useful, fails to deliver the rich interactions and data needed for motor rehabilitation and assessment. We designed Lil’Flo, targeted towards pediatric patients with cerebral palsy and brachial plexus injuries using results from prior usability studies. The system combines traditional telepresence and computer vision with a humanoid, who can play games with patients and guide them in a present and engaging way under the supervision of a remote clinician. We surveyed 13 rehabilitation clinicians in a virtual usability test to evaluate the system. The system is more portable, extensible, and cheaper than our prior iteration, with an expressive humanoid. The virtual usability testing shows that clinicians believe Lil’Flo could be deployed in rural and elder care facilities and is more capable of remote stretching, strength building, and motor assessments than traditional video only telepresence. Lil’Flo represents a novel approach to delivering rehabilitation care in the community while maintaining the clinician-patient connection.