An architecture for rehabilitation task practice in socially assistive human-robot interaction

Autor: Eric Wade, Aaron B. St. Clair, Shuya Chen, Ross Mead, Maja J. Matarić, Pierre Johnson
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: RO-MAN
DOI: 10.1109/roman.2010.5598666
Popis: New approaches to rehabilitation and health care have developed due to advances in technology and human robot interaction (HRI). Socially assistive robotics (SAR) is a subcategory of HRI that focuses on providing assistance through hands-off interactions. We have developed a SAR architecture that facilitates multiple task-oriented interactions between a user and a robot agent. The architecture accommodates a variety of inputs, tasks, and interaction modalities that are used to provide relevant, real-time feedback to the participant. We have implemented the architecture and validated its technological feasibility in a small pilot study in which a SAR agent led three post-stroke individuals through an exercise scenario. In the following, we present our architecture design, and the results of the feasibility study.
Databáze: OpenAIRE