PFI:BIC - Next Generation Robotic Intelligence that Provides Psycho-Social Support for Older Adults

PFI：BIC - 为老年人提供心理社会支持的下一代机器人智能

• 批准号: 1717701
• 负责人: Bertram Malle
• 金额: $ 99.98万
• 依托单位: Brown University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-08-15 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1717701&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PFI; BIC; Next; Generation; Robotic

An aging America is challenging the U.S. healthcare system. Current and future health-care personnel, along with family caregivers, will be unable to treat or even monitor the wide-ranging challenges of the aging population from anxiety to loneliness, from dementia to physical disability. This project develops Affordable Robotic Intelligence for Elderly Support (ARIES) as one element in meeting these challenges. Technology will not, and should not, replace trained health-care professionals or close members of the family; but technology can lighten the burden on family members and the healthcare system. ARIES will provide affordable assistance with small but challenging tasks of daily living, such as finding keys or reading glasses; remembering medication or appointments; connecting with friends and family; and relieving agitation and loneliness. To be effective in these tasks, ARIES must be easily understandable and reliable, and the research team is developing innovative technological solutions to meet these goals. The most significant outcome of ARIES will be to facilitate and improve health care for older populations and enable more people to continue fulfilling lives in their own homes. The project team harnesses novel research insights from the cognitive and behavioral sciences, geriatric psychiatry, computer science, and industrial design, as well as industry partner Hasbro's expertise in effective, affordable engineering. The researchers will (a) use behavioral science methods to assess older adults' major challenges of daily living with which a small, affordable robotic system can assist; (b) apply inclusive design principles and cutting-edge computer science to develop a small animal-like robot that can alleviate these challenges; and (c) provide a systematic assessment of the developed system?s safety, efficacy, and acceptability in test beds with healthy adults as well as older people with cognitive impairments. From a computer science perspective, this project will expand the frontiers of end-user programming and allow user and robot to engage in mutual teaching and learning. The project is also poised to lead to engineering advances in object tracking and location technology and in the expansion of robot skills by levering smartphone capabilities. From a psychological perspective, the project will provide novel insights into human-robot interaction (especially when the user has no technical expertise) as well as advances in the optimal design of function and appearance in robotic technology for human benefits.

老龄化的美国正在挑战美国的医疗体系。目前和未来的卫生保健人员以及家庭护理人员将无法治疗甚至监测老龄化人口的广泛挑战，从焦虑到孤独，从痴呆症到身体残疾。该项目开发了负担得起的老年支持机器人智能(ARIES)，作为应对这些挑战的一个要素。技术不会也不应该取代训练有素的医疗保健专业人员或家庭亲密成员；但技术可以减轻家庭成员和医疗保健系统的负担。白羊座将提供负担得起的日常生活中具有挑战性的小任务的帮助，比如找到钥匙或老花镜；记住药物或预约；与朋友和家人联系；以及缓解焦虑和孤独。为了有效地完成这些任务，白羊座必须易于理解和可靠，研究团队正在开发创新的技术解决方案来实现这些目标。白羊座最重要的成果将是促进和改善老年人口的医疗保健，并使更多的人能够继续在自己的家中实现生活。项目团队利用了认知和行为科学、老年精神病学、计算机科学和工业设计等领域的新研究见解，以及行业合作伙伴孩之宝在有效、负担得起的工程方面的专业知识。研究人员将(A)使用行为科学方法评估老年人在日常生活中面临的主要挑战，并利用价格合理的小型机器人系统提供帮助；(B)应用包容性设计原则和尖端计算机科学开发一种类似动物的小型机器人，以缓解这些挑战；以及(C)在健康成年人以及有认知障碍的老年人的试验床上，对开发的系统进行系统评估-S的安全性、有效性和可接受性。从计算机科学的角度来看，这个项目将扩大最终用户编程的边界，并允许用户和机器人进行相互教学和学习。该项目还将推动物体跟踪和定位技术的工程进步，并通过利用智能手机的功能来扩展机器人技能。从心理学的角度来看，该项目将为人类与机器人的互动提供新的见解(特别是在用户没有技术专业知识的情况下)，以及在机器人技术中为人类造福的功能和外观的优化设计方面的进展。

项目成果

Requirements for an Artificial Agent with Norm Competence

对具有规范能力的人工智能体的要求

• DOI: 10.1145/3306618.3314252
• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: and Society
• 作者: Malle, Bertram F.;Bello, Paul;Scheutz, Matthias
• 通讯作者: Scheutz, Matthias

Measuring Gains and Losses in Human-Robot Trust: Evidence for Differentiable Components of Trust

衡量人机信任的得失：信任可微分成分的证据

• DOI: 10.1109/hri.2019.8673154
• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: 2019 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI
• 作者: Ullman, Daniel;Malle, Bertram F.
• 通讯作者: Malle, Bertram F.

Co-designing Technologies for Well Being: A Robot Companion for Older Adults

共同设计福祉技术：老年人的机器人伴侣

• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-73103-8_63
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Proceedings of the 2021 Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC
• 作者: Rebola, C. B.;Ramirez-Loaiza, S.
• 通讯作者: Ramirez-Loaiza, S.