Robot Assistant "PlayROB" - User Trials and Results

Author

Kronreif, Gernot ; Prazak, Barbara ; Kornfeld, Martin ; Hochgatterer, Andreas ; Furst, M.

Author_Institution

PROFACTOR Res. & Solutions GmbH, Seibersclorf

fYear

2007

fDate

26-29 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

113

Lastpage

117

Abstract

Playing is an important part of daily life interactions as well as a substantial and joyful part in the life of children. It can be relaxing, exciting - children can play a role and it is an important possibility to get in touch with other children. In this paper the setup and results of user trials with a dedicated robot are described. The robot system "PlayROB" , developed by the authors, aims to support children with severe physical impairments for interaction with standard toys. Six of such systems have been installed at three Austrian special schools for a long term trials - the results from this two-years field study are discussed in the paper together with a description of future development.

Keywords

mobile robots; user interfaces; PlayROB; children; robot assistant; severe physical impairments; toys; Educational institutions; Educational robots; Human robot interaction; Humanoid robots; Intelligent robots; Laboratories; Medical treatment; Pediatrics; Standards development; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robot and Human interactive Communication, 2007. RO-MAN 2007. The 16th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Jeju

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1634-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1635-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROMAN.2007.4415063

Filename

4415063