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Abstract | ||
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Communication among older adults in a care home is often reduced due to cognitive, communication, and mobility impairments. They tend to become isolated, which may lead to faster cognitive decline. We present an approach in which a robot is used as a communication vehicle between people located in adjacent rooms. To program the robot, we resorted to physical blocks with 3D icons. Older adults are able to create a sequence of messages that the robot delivers to another person or group. The blocks represented userrecorded voice messages, pre-recorded messages (e.g., proverbs), or actions (e.g., delivering cookies). A preliminary study with 22 older adults in a care home showed positive engagements between groups and an overall sense of excitement and fun. Carrier robots promise to extend the action range and operate as a communication tool, enabling interactions between people who may not be able to interact whenever they feel compelled to.
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Year | DOI | Venue |
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2020 | 10.1145/3371382.3378361 | HRI '20: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
Cambridge
United Kingdom
March, 2020 |
Keywords | DocType | ISSN |
carrier-robot, older adults, human-robot interaction, social robotics, communication | Conference | 2167-2121 |
ISBN | Citations | PageRank |
978-1-4503-7057-8 | 0 | 0.34 |
References | Authors | |
0 | 4 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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| Hugo Simão | 1 | 2 | 1.37 |
| Ana Pires | 2 | 0 | 0.34 |
| David Goncalves | 3 | 1 | 2.38 |
| Tiago Guerreiro | 4 | 366 | 45.90 |