Authors:
João Silva Sequeira
and
Isabel Aldinhas Ferreira
Affiliation:
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Keyword(s):
Human-Robot Interaction, Social Robotics.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Autonomous Agents
;
Engineering Applications
;
Human-Robots Interfaces
;
Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
;
Intelligent Control Systems and Optimization
;
Mobile Robots and Autonomous Systems
;
Robot Design, Development and Control
;
Robotics and Automation
;
Signal Processing, Sensors, Systems Modeling and Control
Abstract:
The paper describes the main conclusions issued from three years of development, of which approximately
eighteen months of observations, of an autonomous social robot interacting with children and adults in the
Pediatrics ward of an Oncological hospital. After this long period of trials and continuous interaction, the
integration of the robot in that particular social environment can be considered highly successful. The results
taken from all the long run experiments yield valuable lessons in what relates social acceptance and user
experience to be considered in the case of robot deployment at institutions or even at households. These are
detailed in the paper.