Immersive control of a robot surrogate for users in palliative care

Mackey, Bethany Ann; Bremner, Paul A.; Giuliani, Manuel

Abstract

Quality of life (QoL) is especially important for palliative care patients, who can be at risk of mental health issues. This project aims to design and implement an immersive control system for a robotic surrogate, that allows users to interact as naturally as possible with their loved ones from a remote location, and navigate appropriately, in order to improve QoL for those living with a terminal illness.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: HRI '20: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
• Start Date: Mar 23, 2020
• End Date: Mar 26, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Apr 1, 2020
• Publication Date: Mar 23, 2020
• Deposit Date: Mar 3, 2022
• Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Pages: 585-587
• Book Title: Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '20 Companion)
• ISBN: 9781450370578
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3371382.3377445
• Keywords: Immersive Control, Virtual Reality, Robotic Surrogate, Human-Robot Interaction, Palliative Care, Presence, Social Presence
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9095326