Arash: A social robot buddy to support children with cancer in a hospital environment
Arash: A social robot buddy to support children with cancer in a hospital environment
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DOI：
10.1177/0954411918777520
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发表时间：
2018-06-01
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1.8
通讯作者：
Tahami, Reza
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作者：
Meghdari, Ali;Shariati, Azadeh;Tahami, Reza
本文介绍了一个移动社交机器人朋友Arash的完整设计过程、规格和性能，它可以根据癌症儿童的兴趣和需求参与教育和治疗。我们的研究重点是在儿科医院环境中使用Arash来娱乐，协助和教育患有癌症的儿童，这些儿童因疾病及其治疗过程而遭受身体疼痛。由于癌症治疗会引起情绪困扰，这会降低药物治疗的效率，在医院环境中使用社交机器人与癌症儿童互动可以减少这种困扰，从而提高治疗的有效性。Arash是一个15度的低成本人形移动机器人伙伴，精心设计了适当的措施，并开发用于与5-12岁的儿童互动。该机器人有五个物理子系统：头部、手臂、躯干、腰部和移动平台。机器人的最终外观是一个重要的新颖概念；因为它是根据对伊朗德黑兰三家儿科医院的50名患有慢性病的儿童进行的调查选出的。基于这些措施和愿望，Arash被设计、建造、改进和增强，在儿童癌症医院成功运作。设计了两个实验来评估儿童对机器人的接受程度和参与程度，评估他们对机器人的感受，并测量机器人与他们喜欢的概念草图的相似程度。这两个实验都以讲故事和外表/表现评估的形式进行。所获得的结果证实了儿童癌症患者对所构建的机器人的高度参与和兴趣。
This article presents the thorough design procedure, specifications, and performance of a mobile social robot friend Arash for educational and therapeutic involvement of children with cancer based on their interests and needs. Our research focuses on employing Arash in a pediatric hospital environment to entertain, assist, and educate children with cancer who suffer from physical pain caused by both the disease and its treatment process. Since cancer treatment causes emotional distress, which can reduce the efficiency of medications, using social robots to interact with children with cancer in a hospital environment could decrease this distress, thereby improving the effectiveness of their treatment. Arash is a 15 degree-of-freedom low-cost humanoid mobile robot buddy, carefully designed with appropriate measures and developed to interact with children ages 5-12 years old. The robot has five physical subsystems: the head, arms, torso, waist, and mobile-platform. The robot's final appearance is a significant novel concept; since it was selected based on a survey taken from 50 children with chronic diseases at three pediatric hospitals in Tehran, Iran. Founded on these measures and desires, Arash was designed, built, improved, and enhanced to operate successfully in pediatric cancer hospitals. Two experiments were devised to evaluate the children's level of acceptance and involvement with the robot, assess their feelings about it, and measure how much the robot was similar to the favored conceptual sketch. Both experiments were conducted in the form of storytelling and appearance/performance evaluations. The obtained results confirm high engagement and interest of pediatric cancer patients with the constructed robot.