Voice and graphical -based interfaces for interaction with a robot dedicated to elderly and people with cognitive disorders

Author

Granata, Consuelo ; Chetouani, Mohamed ; Tapus, Adriana ; Bidaud, Philippe ; Dupourqu, Vincent

Author_Institution

ISIR, Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Paris, France

fYear

2010

fDate

13-15 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

785

Lastpage

790

Abstract

Human-robot interaction (HRI) takes place especially through interfaces. The design of such interfaces is a very delicate and crucial phase because it influences the robot accessibility and usability by the user. In this paper, we describe and analyze the results of 2 tests conducted so as to understand some of the optimal features that should characterize the robot voice and graphical-based user interfaces. Our test platform is an assistive robot developed for the elderly with mild cognitive impairments. Therefore, the user interfaces must be clear and simple. The ambiguities must be eliminated so as to facilitate the use of the robot and hence not to discourage the elderly population to use new technologies.

Keywords

graphical user interfaces; handicapped aids; human-robot interaction; medical robotics; speech-based user interfaces; HRI; assistive robot test platform; cognitive disorders; graphical-based user interfaces; human-robot interaction; voice based user interfaces; Databases; Keyboards; Layout; Robots; Senior citizens; Speech recognition; Syntactics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RO-MAN, 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Viareggio

ISSN

1944-9445

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7991-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROMAN.2010.5598698

Filename

5598698