Collaborative modeling for robot design

Sabanovic, Selma; Francisco, Matthew

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Title

Collaborative modeling for robot design

Author(s)

• Sabanovic, Selma
• Francisco, Matthew

Issue Date

2010-02-03

Keyword(s)

• elderly
• collaborative modeling
• robot design
• agent-based modeling

Abstract

In this poster, we describe a method for using grounded the- ory and modeling to support collaborative design of social robots for the elderly. Robotic technologies are being de- signed to assist people in their everyday lives in various ways: as companions [9], domestic helpers [4], receptionists [1], and educational aids [8]. In response to the steadily rising av- erage age of the population in the US, Europe, and Japan, the elderly are often designated as an appropriate audience for assistive robotic technologies. Designing robots for the elderly poses a variety of social challenges—understanding the specific needs and desires of the elderly, supporting in- dependence and human dignity, and making sure that tech- nologies can be successfully incorporated into existing social and physical environments, or “elder ecologies” [3]. These challenges suggest that designing robots for the elderly calls for attention to individual attitudes towards technologies as well as community norms and practices of social interaction and technology use.

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