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- Cesta, Amedeo, et al.
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GiraffPlus : D1.1 User Requirements and Design Principles Report
- 2012
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This document reports on the work performed in Task 1.1 User requirements analysis and Task 1.2 GiraffPlus Environment Design Principles. Specifically, it describes the results of a deep involvement of users, both primary (elderly living in their apartment), and secondary (health care professional or family members and friends) recruited in our studies. The report details the qualitative and quantitative research carried out in the three countries of Sweden, Spain and Italy, to elicit user requirements and expectations in terms of type of services as well as system design and appearance. Some qualitative cross-cultural analysis has also been performed in order to highlight differences emerged during the studies in the three countries. Result of this effort is list of user requirements and a set of preferences on different mockups of a component of the system that can be both used to influence the future architecture definition and functional specification of the GiraffPlus system. The work described in this deliverable constitutes the starting point of T1.3 Technological Component Assessment and Selection and overall provides useful hints to the whole system development.
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- Cesta, Amedeo, et al.
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Monitoring elderly people with the robocare domestic environment : interaction synthesis and user evaluation
- 2011
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Ingår i: Computational intelligence. - : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0824-7935 .- 1467-8640. ; 27:1, s. 60-82
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article describes aspects of a fully implemented artificial intelligence (AI) system that integrates multiple intelligent components to actively assist an elderly person at home. Specifically, we describe how constraint-based scheduling technology is used to actively monitor a pattern of activities executed by the person and how detected temporal constraint violations are used to trigger meaningful and contextualized proactive interactions. This article also presents a psychological evaluation of the system focusing on elderly people’s attitudes, in which system acceptability, perceived utility, interaction modality, and emotional response are considered.
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- Cesta, Amedeo, et al.
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Proactive assistive technology : an empirical study
- 2007
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Ingår i: Human-Computer Interaction. - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin/Heidelberg. - 9783540747949 ; , s. 255-268
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper analyzes the problem of evaluating elderly people’s perception of assistive robots and domotic environments. Specifically, we focus on aspects related to the modalities in which interaction can occur between an elder user and an assistive robotic agent. Our work benefits from the products of project RoboCare, namely, a domestic environment in which sensors, intelligent software components and a domestic robot provide a set of cognitive support services for the elder user. This paper analyzes a number of evaluation criteria in detail, specifically related to the robot’s aspect, the way in which it communicates with the user, and the perceived usefulness of its support services. Among these criteria, the paper proposes and reports an evaluation of the Proactive interaction modality (where the system takes the initiative) and On-demand interaction (in which the user explicitly requests a service). Users evaluate the On-demand support services in personal safety scenarios as particularly useful, and less so in scenarios which are not critical. The paper also provides a discussion which can be useful for the design of future assistive agents and robotic companions. This research is partially supported by MIUR (Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research) under project RoboCare (A Multi-Agent System with Intelligent Fixed and Mobile Robotic Components).
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- Cesta, Amedeo, et al.
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Psychological implications of domestic assistive technology for the elderly
- 2007
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Ingår i: PsychNology Journal. - 1720-7525. ; 5:3, s. 229-252
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The ROBOCARE Domestic Environment (RDE) is the result of a three-year project aimed at developing cognitive support technology for elderly people. Specifically, the domestic environment is equipped with sensors, intelligent software components and devices which cooperate to provide cognitive support to the assisted person. The ROBOCARE interaction capabilities have been concentrated in a robotic mediator who acts as the main communication channel between the users and the intelligent domestic environment. This paper presents an evaluation of elderly people's perception of assistive robots and smart domotic environments. Results show how the acceptability of robotic devices in home setting does not depend only on the practical benefits they can provide, but also on complex relationships between the cognitive, affective and emotional components of people's images of robot. Specially, we analyzes a number of evaluation criteria related to the robot's aspect, the way in which it communicates with the user, and the perceived usefulness of its support services. Among these criteria, the paper proposes and reports an evaluation of how perceived frailty, with reference to both health in general and fear of cognitive weakening, more specifically, can influence the evaluation of a potential aid in everyday life, namely the robotic assistant. The paper also provides a discussion which can be useful for the design of future assistive agents and socially interactive robotic.
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- Cesta, Amedeo, et al.
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The RoboCare project : the user’s view
- 2008
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Ingår i: Aging, disability and independence. - : IOS Press. - 9781586039028 ; , s. 85-104
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)
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- Coradeschi, Silvia, et al.
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GiraffPlus : A System for Monitoring Activities and Physiological Parameters and Promoting Social Interaction for Elderly
- 2014
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Ingår i: Human-Computer Systems Interaction. - Cham : Springer. - 2194-5357. - 9783319084909 - 9783319084916 ; , s. 261-271
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter presents a telehealth system called GiraffPlus supporting independent living of elderly in their own home. GiraffPlus system is a complex system which monitors activities and physiological parameters in the home using a network of sensors. The elaborated information is presented to the primary user, the elderly, and to secondary users like health care and home care providers and possibly to family members as a help to assess possible health and wellbeing deterioration, provide acute alarms, and support health procedure. The secondary users can also visit the elderly via the Giraff, a teleoperated robot that can communicate and move in the home under the control of the secondary user. The chapter focusses in particular on the deployment of the system in six real homes in Sweden, Italy and Spain. The chapter outlines the technological various components used, the expectations of the users and the evaluation method.
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- Coradeschi, Silvia, 1968-, et al.
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GiraffPlus : combining social interaction and long term monitoring for promoting independent living
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Ingår i: 2013 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN SYSTEM INTERACTIONS (HSI). - New York : IEEE. - 9781467356374 - 9781467356350 ; , s. 578-585
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Early detection and adaptive support to changing individual needs related to ageing is an important challenge in today’s society. In this paper we present a system called GiraffPlus that aims at addressing such a challenge and is developed in an on-going European project. The system consists of a network of home sensors that can be automatically configured to collect data for a range of monitoring services; a semi-autonomous telepresence robot; a sophisticated context recognition system that can give high-level and long term interpretations of the collected data and respond to certain events; and personalized services delivered through adaptive user interfaces for primary users. The system performs a range of services including data collection and analysis of long term trends in behaviors and physiological parameters (e.g. relating to sleep or daily activity); warnings, alarms and reminders; and social interaction through the telepresence robot. The latter is based on the Giraff telepresence robot, which is already in place in a number of homes. Particular emphasis is put on user evaluation outside the laboratories. A distinctive aspect of the project is that the GiraffPlus system will be installed and evaluated in at least 15 homes of elderly people. The concept of “useworthiness” is central in order to assure that the GiraffPlus system provides services that are easy to use and worth using. In addition, by using existing and affordable components we strive to achieve a system that is affordable and close to commercialization.
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- Coradeschi, Silvia, 1968-, et al.
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Social robotic telepresence
- 2011
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Ingår i: the 6th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2011).HRI. - New York, NY, USA : ACM Digital Library. - 9781450305617 ; , s. 5-6
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)
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- Coradeschi, Silvia, et al.
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Towards a methodology for longitudinal evaluation of social robotic telepresence for elderly
- 2011
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Ingår i: 1st Workshop on Social Robotic Telepresence at HRI 2011.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper describes a methodology for performing longitudinal evaluations when a social robotic telepresence system is deployed in realistic environments. This work is the core of an Ambient Assisted Living Project called ExCITE, Enabling Social Interaction Through Telepresence. The ExCITE project is geared towards an elderly audience and has as aim to increase social interaction among elderly, their family and healthcare services by using robotic telepresence. The robotic system used in the project is called the Giraff robot and over a three year period, prototypes of this platform are deployed at a number of test-sites in different European countries where user feedback is collected and fedback into the refinement of the prototype. In this paper, we discuss the methodology of ExCITE in particular relation to other methodologies for longitudinal evaluation. The paper also provides a discussion of the possible pitfalls and risks in performing longitudinal studies of this nature particularly as they relate to social robotic telepresence technologies.
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- Cortellessa, Gabriella, et al.
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A cross-cultural evaluation of domestic assistive robots
- 2008
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Ingår i: AAAI fall symposium. - : American Association for Artificial Intelligence. - 9781577353942 ; , s. 24-31
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents the first steps in a series of on-going user evaluations of intelligent environments for supporting elderly users at home. We specifically focus on a comparison of elderly perceptions of social assistive domestic robots between Italian and Swedish user groups. The evaluation was carried out in Rome, Italy and O¨ rebro, Sweden, including surrounding towns. The results, obtained through a videobased methodology, highlight the variety in level of appreciation of domestic robots for elderly care as it relates to a number of aspects of culture which are not necessarily trivial to identify. Our results suggest some specific factors as important for interpreting the difference in perception, e.g., the user’s acquaintance with ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and the social policies implemented in the two countries. Also, the results show interesting commonalities, such as the general agreement among Swedish and Italian user groups on the physical aspect of the robot.
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- Cortellessa, Gabriella, et al.
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An on-going evaluation of domestic robots
- 2008
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Ingår i: Robotic helpers. ; , s. 87-91
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this position paper we describe an on-going effort to provide an in-depth and cross-cultural evaluation of how elderly users perceive robotic systems for domestic cognitive support. Our work is grounded on two implemented smarthome prototypes, namely the RoboCare Smart Home developed in Italy, and the PEIS Home developed in Sweden. The former project has provided a testbed for an a-posteriori evaluation of smart home technology with Italian user groups. The presence in Sweden of the PEIS Home, a system which shares numerous commonalities with the RoboCare Smart Home, gives us the opportunity to extend these results by (1) providing a cross-cultural perspective on the perception of smart home technology, and (2) lay the foundations for a live, Wizard of Oz based evaluation within the PEIS Home.
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- Orlandini, Andrea, et al.
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ExCITE Project : A Review of Forty-Two Months of Robotic Telepresence Technology
- 2016
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Ingår i: Presence - Teleoperators and Virtual Environments. - Cambridge, USA : MIT Press. - 1054-7460 .- 1531-3263. ; 25:3, s. 204-221
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article reports on the EU project ExCITE with specific focus on the technical development of the telepresence platform over a period of 42 months. The aim of the project was to assess the robustness and validity of the mobile robotic telepresence (MRP) system Giraff as a means to support elderly people and to foster their social interaction and participation. Embracing the idea of user-centered product refinement, the robot was tested over long periods of time in real homes. As such, the system development was driven by a strong involvement of elderly people and their caregivers but also by technical challenges associated with deploying the robot in real-world contexts. The results of the 42-months’ long evaluation is a system suitable for use in homes rather than a generic system suitable, for example, in office environments.
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- Pecora, Federico, 1977-, et al.
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User-oriented problem abstractions in scheduling : customization and reuse in scheduling software architectures
- 2006
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Ingår i: Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1614-5046 .- 1614-5054. ; 2:1, s. 1-16
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper we describe a modeling framework aimed at facilitating the customization and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) scheduling technology in real-world contexts. Specifically, we describe an architecture aimed at facilitating software product line development in the context of scheduling systems. The framework is based on two layers of abstraction: a first layer providing an interface with the scheduling technology, on top of which we define a formalism to abstract domain-specific concepts. We show how this two-layer modeling framework provides a versatile formalism for defining user-oriented problem abstractions, which is pivotal for facilitating interaction between domain experts and technologists. Moreover, we describe a graphical user interface (GUI)-enhanced tool which allows the domain expert to interact with the underlying core scheduling technology in domain-specific terms. This is achieved by automatically instantiating an abstract GUI template on top of the second modeling layer.
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