Participatory Design and Early Deployment of DarumaTO-3 Social Robot

Zhihao Shen, Nanaka Urano, Chih Pu Chen, Shi Feng, Scean Mitchell, Masao Katagiri, Yegang Du, Franco Pariasca Trevejo, Tito P. Tomo, Alexander Schmitz, Ryan Browne, Toshimi Ogawa, Yasuyuki Taki, Gabriele Trovato*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

With the problem of ageing population increasingly prominent, the burden of families, caregivers and medical workers to take care of older adults will be heavier. Social exclusion and cognitive dysfunctions make things worse, especially in times of a pandemic. One of the most effective approaches to solve these problems can be technology, which application is often limited by the acceptance of the end user. We introduce a social robot, DarumaTO-3, whose appearance is inspired by a traditional Buddhist and Shinto doll called Daruma, and perform a preliminary test in which we hear the response from older adults. This paper describes this new robot prototype, and reports the feedback received from the early deployment with 44 Japanese older adults.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSocial Robotics - 14th International Conference, ICSR 2022, Proceedings
EditorsFilippo Cavallo, John-John Cabibihan, Laura Fiorini, Alessandra Sorrentino, Hongsheng He, Xiaorui Liu, Yoshio Matsumoto, Shuzhi Sam Ge
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages550-559
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783031246692
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event14th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2022 - Florence, Italy
Duration: 2022 Dec 132022 Dec 16

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume13818 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference14th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2022
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityFlorence
Period22/12/1322/12/16

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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