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SAR-Connect: A Socially Assistive Robotic System to Support Activity and Social Engagement of Older Adults.
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IEEE Transactions on Robotics . Apr2022, Vol. 38 Issue 2, p1250-1269. 20p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Multidomain activities that incorporate physical, cognitive, and social stimuli can enhance older adults’ overall health and quality of life. Several robotic platforms have been developed to provide these therapies in a quantifiable manner to complement healthcare personnel in resource-strapped long-term care settings. However, these platforms are primarily limited to one-to-one human–robot interaction (HRI) and thus do not enhance social interaction. In this article, we present a novel HRI framework and a realized platform called socially assistive robotic (SAR)-Connect to foster robot-mediated social interaction among older adults through carefully designed tasks that also incorporate physical and cognitive stimuli. SAR-Connect seamlessly integrates a humanoid robot with a virtual reality-based activity platform and a multimodal data acquisition module including game interaction, audio, visual, and electroencephalography responses of the participants. Results from a laboratory-based user study with older adults indicates the potential of SAR-Connect that showed this system could 1) involve one or multiple older adults to perform multidomain activities and provide dynamic guidance, 2) engage them in the robot-mediated task and foster human–human interaction, and 3) quantify their social and activity engagement from multiple sensory modalities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15523098
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- IEEE Transactions on Robotics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 156272701
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TRO.2021.3092162