Ho Seok Ahn
Biographic Data
| ID | 5118291 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ho Seok Ahn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ho Seok |
| FAMILY NAME | Ahn |
| SIGNATURE | AHN H S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Auckland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7418-6280 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Benefits, Challenges, and Opportunities for Empathetic Social Assistance Robots in Hospitals
A Deep Dive into Human-Robot Interaction in Hospitals
Social robots are increasingly being applied in hospitals assisting with tasks that conventionally require interpersonal interactions. An understanding of how social robots engage with users is crucial as this will inform any strength or weakness associated with the current engagement approaches. Prior reviews on healthcare social robots have mainly focused on summarising the types of services performed by the robots. We conducted a scoping revie…
The Effects of Healthcare Robot Empathy Statements and Head Nodding on Trust and Satisfaction
Clinical empathy has been associated with many positive outcomes, including patient trust and satisfaction. Physicians can demonstrate clinical empathy through verbal statements and non-verbal behaviors, such as head nodding. The use of verbal and non-verbal empathy behaviors by healthcare robots may also positively affect patient outcomes. The current study examined whether the use of robot verbal empathy statements and head nodding during a vid…
Robot Dialog System in the Context of Hospital Receptionist and its Demonstration
Task-oriented dialogue systems play an important role in human-robot interaction. Task-oriented dialogue systems help users achieve specific goals, and robots with systems are very effective in terms of reducing time and effort when replacing human workers. The conventional pipeline method, which has disadvantages such as a large amount of cost and time for development, has been applied to reception robots. For example, developers manually define…
Participatory Design, Development, and Testing of Assistive Health Robots with Older Adults
Participatory design includes stakeholders in the development of products intended to solve real-life challenges. Involving end users in the design of robots is vital for developing effective, useful, acceptable and user-friendly products that meet expectations, needs, and preferences. This four-year international project developed and evaluated a home-based robot for mood stabilization and cognitive improvement in older adults with mild cognitiv…
Technical Methods for Social Robots in Museum Settings
Robots have become increasingly present in our daily lives, and we see several settings wherein this technology might positively impact people. One of these settings, and the focus of this paper, is the museum. This paper provides an overview of the literature on how robots can help people within the museum context and explores the state-of-the-art methods or technologies employed by researchers to allow robots to interact within this environment…
Robot-Delivered Cognitive Stimulation Games for Older Adults
Cognitive stimulation games delivered on robots may be able to improve cognitive functioning and delay decline in older adults. However, little is known about older adults’ in-depth opinions of robot-delivered games, as current research primarily focuses on technical development and one-off use. This article explores the usability, acceptability, and perceptions of community-dwelling older adults towards cognitive games delivered on a robot that …
How Could Companion Robots Be Useful in Rural Schools
Emotional Expression and Its Applications
Emotional Expression and Its Applications
How Could Companion Robots Be Useful in Rural Schools
Robot-Delivered Cognitive Stimulation Games for Older Adults
Cognitive stimulation games delivered on robots may be able to improve cognitive functioning and delay decline in older adults. However, little is known about older adults’ in-depth opinions of robot-delivered games, as current research primarily focuses on technical development and one-off use. This article explores the usability, acceptability, and perceptions of community-dwelling older adults towards cognitive games delivered on a robot that …
Participatory Design, Development, and Testing of Assistive Health Robots with Older Adults
Participatory design includes stakeholders in the development of products intended to solve real-life challenges. Involving end users in the design of robots is vital for developing effective, useful, acceptable and user-friendly products that meet expectations, needs, and preferences. This four-year international project developed and evaluated a home-based robot for mood stabilization and cognitive improvement in older adults with mild cognitiv…
Technical Methods for Social Robots in Museum Settings
Robots have become increasingly present in our daily lives, and we see several settings wherein this technology might positively impact people. One of these settings, and the focus of this paper, is the museum. This paper provides an overview of the literature on how robots can help people within the museum context and explores the state-of-the-art methods or technologies employed by researchers to allow robots to interact within this environment…
The Effects of Healthcare Robot Empathy Statements and Head Nodding on Trust and Satisfaction
Clinical empathy has been associated with many positive outcomes, including patient trust and satisfaction. Physicians can demonstrate clinical empathy through verbal statements and non-verbal behaviors, such as head nodding. The use of verbal and non-verbal empathy behaviors by healthcare robots may also positively affect patient outcomes. The current study examined whether the use of robot verbal empathy statements and head nodding during a vid…
Robot Dialog System in the Context of Hospital Receptionist and its Demonstration
Task-oriented dialogue systems play an important role in human-robot interaction. Task-oriented dialogue systems help users achieve specific goals, and robots with systems are very effective in terms of reducing time and effort when replacing human workers. The conventional pipeline method, which has disadvantages such as a large amount of cost and time for development, has been applied to reception robots. For example, developers manually define…
Benefits, Challenges, and Opportunities for Empathetic Social Assistance Robots in Hospitals
A Deep Dive into Human-Robot Interaction in Hospitals
Social robots are increasingly being applied in hospitals assisting with tasks that conventionally require interpersonal interactions. An understanding of how social robots engage with users is crucial as this will inform any strength or weakness associated with the current engagement approaches. Prior reviews on healthcare social robots have mainly focused on summarising the types of services performed by the robots. We conducted a scoping revie…
Artificial Intelligence (9 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Robot (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Human–computer interaction (6 works) · Robotics (5 works) · Social Robot Interaction and HRI (5 works) · Applied Psychology (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Health care (3 works)