Improving the Interaction of Older Adults with a Socially Assistive Table Setting Robot

Samuel Olatunji; Noa Markfeld; Dana Gutman; Shai Givati; Vardit Sarne-Fleischmann; Tal Oron-Gilad; Yael Edan

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-35888-4_53

Improving the Interaction of Older Adults with a Socially Assistive Table Setting Robot

Samuel Olatunji, Noa Markfeld, Dana Gutman, Shai Givati, Vardit Sarne-Fleischmann, Tal Oron-Gilad, Yael Edan

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Abstract

This study provides user-studies aimed at exploring factors influencing the interaction between older adults and a robotic table setting assistant. The influence of level of automation (LOA) and level of transparency (LOT) on the quality of the interaction was considered. Results revealed that the interaction effect of LOA and LOT significantly influenced the interaction. A low LOA which required the user to control some of the actions of the robot influenced the older adults to participate more in the interaction when the LOT was high (more information) compared to situations with low LOT (less information) and high LOA (more robot autonomy). Even though, the higher LOA influenced more fluency in the interaction, the lower LOA encouraged a more collaborative form of interaction which is a priority in the design of robotic aids for older adult users. The results provide some insights into shared control designs which accommodates the preferences of the older adult users as they interact with robotic aids such as the table setting robot used in this study.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Social Robotics - 11th International Conference, ICSR 2019, Proceedings
Editors	Miguel A. Salichs, Shuzhi Sam Ge, Emilia Ivanova Barakova, John-John Cabibihan, Alan R. Wagner, Álvaro Castro-González, Hongsheng He
Publisher	Springer
Pages	568-577
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9783030358877
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35888-4_53
State	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	11th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2019 - Madrid, Spain Duration: 26 Nov 2019 → 29 Nov 2019

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	11876 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	11th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2019
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Madrid
Period	26/11/19 → 29/11/19

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Funding

Acknowledgments. This research was supported by the EU funded Innovative Training Network (ITN) in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie People Programme (Horizon2020): SOCRATES (Social Cognitive Robotics in a European Society training research network), grant agreement number 721619 and by the Ministry of Science Fund, grant agreement number 47897. Partial support was provided by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev through the Helmsley Charitable Trust, the Agricultural, Biological and Cognitive Robotics Initiative, the Marcus Endowment Fund, the Center for Digital Innovation research fund, the Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut Chair in Manufacturing Engineering and the George Shrut Chair in Human Performance Management.

Funders	Funder number
Center for Digital Innovation research fund
European Society training research network
Horizon2020
Marcus Endowment Fund
Marie Skłodowska-Curie People Programme
Ministry of Science Fund	47897
Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme	721619
European Commission
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Keywords

Collaborative robots
Human-robot interaction
Levels of automation
Shared control
Transparency

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Olatunji, S., Markfeld, N., Gutman, D., Givati, S., Sarne-Fleischmann, V., Oron-Gilad, T., & Edan, Y. (2019). Improving the Interaction of Older Adults with a Socially Assistive Table Setting Robot. In M. A. Salichs, S. S. Ge, E. I. Barakova, J.-J. Cabibihan, A. R. Wagner, Á. Castro-González, & H. He (Eds.), Social Robotics - 11th International Conference, ICSR 2019, Proceedings (pp. 568-577). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11876 LNAI). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35888-4_53

Olatunji, Samuel ; Markfeld, Noa ; Gutman, Dana et al. / Improving the Interaction of Older Adults with a Socially Assistive Table Setting Robot. Social Robotics - 11th International Conference, ICSR 2019, Proceedings. editor / Miguel A. Salichs ; Shuzhi Sam Ge ; Emilia Ivanova Barakova ; John-John Cabibihan ; Alan R. Wagner ; Álvaro Castro-González ; Hongsheng He. Springer, 2019. pp. 568-577 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Improving the Interaction of Older Adults with a Socially Assistive Table Setting Robot. / Olatunji, Samuel; Markfeld, Noa; Gutman, Dana et al.
Social Robotics - 11th International Conference, ICSR 2019, Proceedings. ed. / Miguel A. Salichs; Shuzhi Sam Ge; Emilia Ivanova Barakova; John-John Cabibihan; Alan R. Wagner; Álvaro Castro-González; Hongsheng He. Springer, 2019. p. 568-577 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11876 LNAI).

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Olatunji S, Markfeld N, Gutman D, Givati S, Sarne-Fleischmann V, Oron-Gilad T et al. Improving the Interaction of Older Adults with a Socially Assistive Table Setting Robot. In Salichs MA, Ge SS, Barakova EI, Cabibihan JJ, Wagner AR, Castro-González Á, He H, editors, Social Robotics - 11th International Conference, ICSR 2019, Proceedings. Springer. 2019. p. 568-577. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-35888-4_53

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