A Wizard of Oz Approach to Robotic Therapy for Older Adults With Depressive SymptomsShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: HRI '21 Companion: Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2021, p. 294-297Conference paper, Poster (with or without abstract) (Other academic)
Abstract [en]
Older adults with late-life depression often suffer from cognitive symptoms, such as dementia. This patient group is not prioritised for psychotherapy and therefore often medicated with antidepressants. However, in the last 20-years, the evidence base for psychotherapy has increased and one promising area is technology-based psychotherapy. Investigations of the possibilities in this area are also motivated by the Covid-19 pandemic, where many older adults are isolated, which makes it impossible for them to meet with a therapist. Therefore, we have developed a Wizard of Oz system allowing a human therapist to control a humanoid robot through a graphical user interface, including natural speech for natural conversations, which enables the robot to be stationed in, for example, a care home. For future research, we will conduct user-centered studies with both therapists and older adults to further develop the system.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2021. p. 294-297
Series
ACM IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, ISSN 2167-2121
Keywords [en]
wizard of oz, Furhat, older adults, therapy, depression, human-robot interaction
National Category
Human Computer Interaction
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-183464DOI: 10.1145/3434074.3447179ISI: 000767970100059Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85102725706ISBN: 9781450382908 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-183464DiVA, id: diva2:1642862
Conference
HRI '21: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Boulder CO USA March 8 - 11, 2021
2022-03-082022-03-082024-11-22Bibliographically approved