Design of a Low-Cost Social Robot: Towards Personalized Human-Robot Interaction

Conversational Affective Social Robots for Ageing and Dementia Support

“…Looking at trends in human-robot interventions, there are three factors to consider: (i) sample size, which accounts for the number of end-users trialled; we consider the following: limited (1-5), small (6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20), medium (21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40), and large (40+); (ii) study duration, which can either account for the total number of HRI sessions or the length of continuous interactions over days, weeks, months or years; (iii) type of setting: controlled (e.g., laboratories, simulated home environments) or real-world (e.g., homes, clinical/care facilities, nursing homes).…”

“…Socially assistive robots are well-documented for promise to support ageing and dementia (see [11][12][13][14][15][16][17] for recent reviews). A range of intelligent social robotic platforms from mechanically complex [18,19], mobile [20,21], embodied humanoid SAR [22,23], to pet-like robots [24,25], simpler virtual assistants [26], and commercial smart home speakers (e.g., Amazon Echo, Google Home) have been introduced with strong potential to address the aforementioned needs. Literature has argued social robots can help improve PwD's social engagement [27], attention [19], neuropsychiatric symptoms through cognitive stimulation [28]; reduce agitation, stress [27] and depressive symptoms [23]; increase cortical neuron activity [29]; and establish rapport with end-users [30].…”