Theatre as a Discussion Tool in Human-Robot Interaction Experiments - A Pilot Study

Chatley, Amiy R.; Dautenhahn, Kerstin; Walters, Michael L.; Syrdal, Dag Sverre; Christianson, Bruce

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“…While live human-robot interaction studies would be preferable they are time consuming and because of practical limitations, they are difficult to replicate and the number of participants is typically low according to Chatley et al (2010). In their work, they present results from a methodology making use of theatre to facilitate feedback from possible user audiences.…”

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An Exploratory Study of Health Professionals' Attitudes about Robotic Telepresence Technology

Kristoffersson

Coradeschi

Loutfi

et al. 2011

Journal of Technology in Human Services

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IntroductionOur aging population presents new challenges for the economy and healthcare systems particularly as the number of caregivers per elderly is expected to decrease (e.g. Acosta-Calderon, 2011;Michaud et al., 2007; United Nations, 2006). The fields of telemedicine and telecare have the potential to provide solutions which are particularly attractive for countries with low population densities. In such countries, social isolation could decrease the possibility of elderly people to remain independent and therefore, increase their need for institutional care. While technology can be of help, the uptake of solutions will be highly dependent on the conviction that the technology meets the needs of elderly as well as primary and secondary caregivers while maintaining adequate quality of care. In order to ensure that developed solutions meet the needs of a diverse group of end users, a common approach is to perform extensive end user evaluations to assess the attitude from elderly and/or caregivers. The caregiver and healthcare professionals in particular are an important group as their willingness to accept new technology is determinant in providing the technology to the elderly and ensuring that it is used. In this regards it is therefore important to consider the high variations in professions and roles of primary caregivers when assessing their feedback. In addition, within the different professional roles, there are also differences that depend on experience, age, work processes and tools, exposure to technology etc.In this study we consider an organizational perspective in the evaluation of a technology solution which has not yet penetrated the market but is seen as a close to market solution, if meeting the requirements of end-users (primary and secondary). The system that is evaluated is Giraff, a system for social robotic telepresence. The Giraff in Fig. 1 provides a means for achieving remote communication between two parties. The communication shares similarities with a traditional phone call, i.e. a call is made and this is either accepted or rejected by the owner of the robot. On one end, there is a 163 cm high robot and on the other end there is a client interface from which a remote user can pilot the robot while speaking through a microphone and a web camera. The Giraff unit consists of a screen and web camera that are mounted on a tilt unit attached to the robotic base. .The Giraff also has its own charging station to which the remote user docks before terminating a call. The owner of a Giraff is not required to have any technological knowledge since the handling of the Giraff is done remotely, (see Fig. 2). INS FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 In the evaluation study of the Giraff robot, we consider three categories of primary caregivers (audiologists, nurses and occupational therapists). Within each category we focus on two groups, teachers and students. The evaluation is conducted by presenting a video where a scenario in which Giraff was used to communicate with an elderly was shown to the various evaluat...

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Section: Methodsologymentioning

confidence: 98%

An Exploratory Study of Health Professionals' Attitudes about Robotic Telepresence Technology

Kristoffersson

Coradeschi

Loutfi

et al. 2011

Journal of Technology in Human Services

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“…Forum style group discussions are commonly held after a theatre presentation, with the actors in attendance to help facilitate open and free communication of thoughts and opinions. Robots have been used successfully in theatre presentations [16] [17][18] [19], and previously we have shown that similar theatre-based experimental methods applied to HRI have proved effective in gauging audiences' opinions regarding robots early in the design development process [20] [21]. Findings can also guide the development of future live HRI trials for more comprehensive users studies.…”

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Companion robots for elderly people: Using theatre to investigate potential users' views

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A theatre production of a play illustrating the functionality, social and ethical aspects of robots helping with aspects of elderly care was presented at a residential care home. The audience consisted of mainly elderly residents and carers. The residents suffered from various physical and mental disabilities which impaired their ability to provide responses through standard questionnaires. Therefore, additional structured interviews were used to gain insight into their views on the theatre scenario. Both carers and residents were generally positive towards the idea of using robots to help with care. Residents in particular stressed the desire for care robots to also provide social interaction and entertainment.

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“…Here the participants' interactions with the robot are framed within a narrative that allows them to evaluate the potential impact of the prototype in everyday life situations. These scenarios can be presented to the participants as written stories (Blythe and Wright 2006), videos Syrdal et al 2010), theater performances Chatley et al 2010;Newell et al 2006), or live humanrobot interactions ). The second approach is more reductionist and condenses and abstracts the salient features of the interaction into a controlled experimental setup.…”

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Integrating Constrained Experiments in Long-Term Human–Robot Interaction Using Task- and Scenario-Based Prototyping

Syrdal

Dautenhahn

Koay

et al. 2015

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Theatre as a Discussion Tool in Human-Robot Interaction Experiments - A Pilot Study

Cited by 23 publications

References 11 publications

An Exploratory Study of Health Professionals' Attitudes about Robotic Telepresence Technology

An Exploratory Study of Health Professionals' Attitudes about Robotic Telepresence Technology

Companion robots for elderly people: Using theatre to investigate potential users' views

Integrating Constrained Experiments in Long-Term Human–Robot Interaction Using Task- and Scenario-Based Prototyping

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