Socially Assistive Robots and Sensory Feedback for MCI/Dementia Rehabilitation

我的研究目标是为轻度认知障碍(MCI)和痴呆症患者增加认知康复任务的参与度，以最大限度地发挥治疗的潜在影响，并打击可能影响治疗依从性的个人和后勤因素。为了实现这一目标，所提出的机器人系统将基于从生理感官评估的参与水平来调整社交辅助机器人的行为、认知任务和感觉反馈。研究项目：为了启动这项研究，我们开发了一种社交辅助机器人(SAR)促进的记忆游戏，它使用胡椒机器人上的触觉传感器以及听觉和触觉反馈。该系统的目标是为轻度认知障碍和痴呆症患者设计认知康复系统。这项可行性研究已作为最新报告发表在2020年ACM/IEEE人-机器人交互国际会议上。我目前正在几乎采访卫生专业人员，以获得有助于塑造拟议系统设计的洞察力和反馈。

My research goal is to increase engagement with cognitive rehabilitation tasks for individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia in order to maximise the therapy's potential impact and combat personal and logistic factors that can impact treatment adherence. To achieve this objective, the proposed robotic system will adapt the socially assistive robot behaviour, cognitive task, and sensory feedback based on engagement level assessed from physiological sensors.Research project: To initiate this research, we developed a socially assistive robot (SAR)-facilitated memory game that uses the tactile sensors on the Pepper robot along with employing auditory and haptic feedback. The goal of this system was to inform the design of a cognitive rehabilitation system for individuals with mild cognitive impairment and dementia. The feasibility study has been published in the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction as a late-breaking report. I am currently in the process of virtually interviewing health professionals to attain insight and feedback that will help shape the design of the proposed system.