DocumentCode
3306831
Title
Deployment of a service robot to help older people
Author
Jayawardena, C. ; Kuo, I.H. ; Unger, U. ; Igic, A. ; Wong, R. ; Watson, C.I. ; Stafford, R.Q. ; Broadbent, E. ; Tiwari, P. ; Warren, J. ; Sohn, J. ; MacDonald, B.A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
fYear
2010
fDate
18-22 Oct. 2010
Firstpage
5990
Lastpage
5995
Abstract
This paper presents the first version of a mobile service robot designed for older people. Six service application modules were developed with the key objective being successful interaction between the robot and the older people. A series of trials were conducted in an independent living facility at a retirement village, with the participation of 32 residents and 21 staff. In this paper, challenges of deploying the robot and lessons learned are discussed. Results show that the robot could successfully interact with people and gain their acceptance.
Keywords
geriatrics; handicapped aids; human-robot interaction; mobile robots; service robots; mobile service robot; older people;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location
Taipei
ISSN
2153-0858
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-6674-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IROS.2010.5649910
Filename
5649910
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