Lessons learned from the deployment of a long-term autonomous robot as companion in physical therapy for older adults with dementia a mixed methods study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8098843 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Denise Hebesberger (corresponding author), Tobias Koertner, Christoph Gisinger (0000-0002-4116-0188), Juergen Pripfl, Christian Dondrup (0000-0003-4821-5871) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 27-34 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | 2016 11th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI (CONFERENCE) |
| Publisher | IEEE (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1109/hri.2016.7451730 |
| OpenAlex | W4251569456 |
| ISBN | 9781467383707 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 26 |
The eldercare sector is a promising deployment area for robotics where robots can support staff and help to bridge the predicted staff-shortage. A requirement analysis showed that one field of robot-deployment could be supporting physical therapy of older adults with advanced dementia. To explore this possibility, a long-term autonomous robot was deployed as a walking group assistant at a care site for the first time. The robot accompanied two weekly walking groups for a month, offering visual and acoustic stimulation. Therapists' experience, the robot's influence on the dynamic of the group and the therapists' estimation of the robot's utility were assessed by a mixed methods design consisting of observations, interviews and rating scales. Findings suggest that a robot has the potential to enhance motivation, group coherence and also mood within the walking group. Furthermore, older adults show curiosity and openness towards the robot. However, robustness and reliability of the system must be high, otherwise technical problems quickly turn the robot from a useful assistant into a source of additional workload and exhaustion for therapists
Autonomous robot · Dementia · Human–computer interaction · Mobile robot · Mood · Openness to experience · Physical medicine and rehabilitation · Robot · Robot control · Robotics · Simulation · Social robot · Software deployment · Workload · AI in Service Interactions · Computer Science · Medicine · Psychology · Social Robot Interaction and HRI · Applied Psychology · Artificial Intelligence · Clinical Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |