Social robots for engagement in rehabilitative therapies:
Design implications from a study with therapists

Winkle, K; Caleb-Solly, Praminda; Turton, Ailie; Bremner, Paul

Abstract

In this paper we present the results of a qualitative study with therapists to inform social robotics and human robot interaction (HRI) for engagement in rehabilitative therapies. Our results add to growing evidence that socially assistive robots (SARs) could play a role in addressing patients’ low engagement with self-directed exercise programmes. Specifically, we propose how SARs might augment or offer more pro-active assistance over existing technologies such as smartphone applications, computer software and fitness trackers also designed to tackle this issue. In addition, we present a series of design implications for such SARs based on therapists’ expert knowledge and best practices extracted from our results. This includes an initial set of SAR requirements and key considerations concerning personalised and adaptive interaction strategies.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
• Start Date: Mar 5, 2018
• End Date: Mar 8, 2018
• Acceptance Date: Nov 22, 2017
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2018
• Deposit Date: Mar 15, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 15, 2018
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 289-297
• ISBN: 9781450349536
• Keywords: socially assistive robotics, engagement, motivation, therapy, user study
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/876563
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1145/3171221.3171273
• Related Public URLs: https://dl-acm-org.ezproxy.uwe.ac.uk/citation.cfm?id=3171273
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This conference paper was awarded best paper; Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : HRI '18 Proceedings of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Pages 289-297; Corporate Creators : Bristol Robotics Laboratory
• Contract Date: Mar 15, 2018