TY - GEN
T1 - Investigating User’s Preference for Anthropomorphism of a Social Robot Trainer in Physical Rehabilitation
AU - Liu, Baisong
AU - Markopoulos, Panos
AU - Tetteroo, Daniel
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - Developments in social robotics raise the prospect of robots coaching and interacting with patient during rehabilitation training assuming a role of a trainer. This raises questions regarding the acceptance of robots in this role and more specifically, to what extent the robot should be anthropomorphic. This paper presents the results of an online experiment designed to evaluate the user acceptance of Socially Assistive Robots (SARs) as rehabilitation trainers, and the effect of anthropomorphism on this matter. User attitudes were surveyed with regards to variations of the robot’s anthropomorphism as a rehabilitation trainer. The results show that 1) participants are accepting towards SAR-assisted rehabilitation therapies, 2) higher anthropomorphism is generally preferred but does not affect patient’s acceptance towards such therapy and technology. Qualitative data brings insight to patient technology acceptance, needs for rehabilitation training and the effect of anthropomorphism.
AB - Developments in social robotics raise the prospect of robots coaching and interacting with patient during rehabilitation training assuming a role of a trainer. This raises questions regarding the acceptance of robots in this role and more specifically, to what extent the robot should be anthropomorphic. This paper presents the results of an online experiment designed to evaluate the user acceptance of Socially Assistive Robots (SARs) as rehabilitation trainers, and the effect of anthropomorphism on this matter. User attitudes were surveyed with regards to variations of the robot’s anthropomorphism as a rehabilitation trainer. The results show that 1) participants are accepting towards SAR-assisted rehabilitation therapies, 2) higher anthropomorphism is generally preferred but does not affect patient’s acceptance towards such therapy and technology. Qualitative data brings insight to patient technology acceptance, needs for rehabilitation training and the effect of anthropomorphism.
KW - Acceptance
KW - Anthropomorphism
KW - Rehabilitation user-centered design
KW - Socially Assistive Robot
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85084998770&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-46970-2_18
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-46970-2_18
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85084998770
SN - 9783030469696
T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
SP - 381
EP - 394
BT - Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - 12th International Joint Conference, BIOSTEC 2019, Revised Selected Papers
A2 - Roque, Ana
A2 - Gamboa, Hugo
A2 - Tomczyk, Arkadiusz
A2 - De Maria, Elisabetta
A2 - Putze, Felix
A2 - Moucek, Roman
A2 - Fred, Ana
PB - Springer
T2 - 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2019
Y2 - 22 February 2019 through 24 February 2019
ER -