TY - JOUR
T1 - A Study on the Deployment of a Service Robot in an Elderly Care Center
AU - Portugal, David
AU - Alvito, Paulo
AU - Christodoulou, Eleni
AU - Samaras, George
AU - Dias, Jorge
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements This work was supported by the SocialRobot Project, funded under the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP), Marie Curie Programme 2011 by the European Commission, under Grant Agreement 285870. The authors would like to sincerely thank the Zuyderland Hoogstaete care center team in Sittard (The Netherlands), especially Roy Beumers, Leon van de Weem, Rachelle Wintjens and Cindy Wings, as well as the remaining researchers involved in the SocialRobot Project.
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© 2018, Springer Nature B.V.
PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - In this article, we address the implementation and deployment of a service robot platform for interaction with the elderly in the context of a collaborative European initiative. Specifically, we overview the development of the robot system architecture and components, focusing on the graceful integration of a set of interoperable intelligent services towards advanced human–robot interaction. The service robot targets older people with light physical or psychological issues, delivering several different functionalities, and putting itself at their service. We describe the initial validation tests in a semi-controlled scenario, as well as the deployment of the robotic platform during a week-long pilot in an end user environment. The main challenges and the outcome of the experimental tests with the mobile robot platform are discussed, and results show generally positive reactions from the care center residents, which have provided their valuable feedback on the usability, appearance, interaction and satisfaction of the robot, yielding important lessons that were learned while performing the pilot.
AB - In this article, we address the implementation and deployment of a service robot platform for interaction with the elderly in the context of a collaborative European initiative. Specifically, we overview the development of the robot system architecture and components, focusing on the graceful integration of a set of interoperable intelligent services towards advanced human–robot interaction. The service robot targets older people with light physical or psychological issues, delivering several different functionalities, and putting itself at their service. We describe the initial validation tests in a semi-controlled scenario, as well as the deployment of the robotic platform during a week-long pilot in an end user environment. The main challenges and the outcome of the experimental tests with the mobile robot platform are discussed, and results show generally positive reactions from the care center residents, which have provided their valuable feedback on the usability, appearance, interaction and satisfaction of the robot, yielding important lessons that were learned while performing the pilot.
KW - AAL
KW - Elderly care
KW - Human–robot interaction
KW - Service robotics
KW - Social robotics
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85064549289
U2 - 10.1007/s12369-018-0492-5
DO - 10.1007/s12369-018-0492-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85064549289
SN - 1875-4791
VL - 11
SP - 317
EP - 341
JO - International Journal of Social Robotics
JF - International Journal of Social Robotics
IS - 2
ER -