In-home and remote use of robotic body surrogates by people with profound motor deficits

Autor: Phillip M. Grice, Charles C. Kemp
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
Man-Computer Interface
Male
FOS: Computer and information sciences
0209 industrial biotechnology
Time Factors
Computer science
Interface (computing)
Motor Disorders
Computer Science - Human-Computer Interaction
02 engineering and technology
Computer Applications
Task (project management)
Computer Architecture
020901 industrial engineering & automation
0302 clinical medicine
Medicine and Health Sciences
Graphical User Interfaces
media_common
Multidisciplinary
Virtual Reality
Robotics
Equipment Design
Middle Aged
Cameras
Optical Equipment
Web-Based Applications
Medicine
Engineering and Technology
Robots
Robotics (cs.RO)
Autonomy
Research Article
Biotechnology
medicine.medical_specialty
Computer and Information Sciences
Science
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Equipment
Bioengineering
Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
Computer Science - Robotics
03 medical and health sciences
Quality of life (healthcare)
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Robotics Systems
medicine
Humans
Disabled Persons
Internet
Mobile manipulator
business.industry
Computers
Mechanical Engineering
Biology and Life Sciences
Self Care
Assistive Technologies
Human Factors Engineering
Quality of Life
Robot
Augmented reality
Medical Devices and Equipment
Artificial intelligence
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
User Interfaces
Zdroj: PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 14, Iss 3, p e0212904 (2019)
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1803.01477
Popis: By controlling robots comparable to the human body, people with profound motor deficits could potentially perform a variety of physical tasks for themselves, improving their quality of life. The extent to which this is achievable has been unclear due to the lack of suitable interfaces by which to control robotic body surrogates and a dearth of studies involving substantial numbers of people with profound motor deficits. We developed a novel, web-based augmented reality interface that enables people with profound motor deficits to remotely control a PR2 mobile manipulator from Willow Garage, which is a human-scale, wheeled robot with two arms. We then conducted two studies to investigate the use of robotic body surrogates. In the first study, 15 novice users with profound motor deficits from across the United States controlled a PR2 in Atlanta, GA to perform a modified Action Research Arm Test (ARAT) and a simulated self-care task. Participants achieved clinically meaningful improvements on the ARAT and 12 of 15 participants (80%) successfully completed the simulated self-care task. Participants agreed that the robotic system was easy to use, was useful, and would provide a meaningful improvement in their lives. In the second study, one expert user with profound motor deficits had free use of a PR2 in his home for seven days. He performed a variety of self-care and household tasks, and also used the robot in novel ways. Taking both studies together, our results suggest that people with profound motor deficits can improve their quality of life using robotic body surrogates, and that they can gain benefit with only low-level robot autonomy and without invasive interfaces. However, methods to reduce the rate of errors and increase operational speed merit further investigation.
Comment: 43 Pages, 13 Figures
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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