Exploring Taiwanese nursing homes as product ecologies for assistive robots

Wan Ling Chang; Selma Sabanovic

doi:10.1109/ARSO.2014.7020976

Exploring Taiwanese nursing homes as product ecologies for assistive robots

Wan Ling Chang, Selma Sabanovic

Department of Industrial Design

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Abstract

Nursing homes and long-term care institutions often need technological assistance because of the high ratio of low-functioning residents coupled with a shortage of caregivers. To explore the potential uses of emerging robotic technologies in nursing homes, we apply Forlizzi's concept of the product ecology and a user-centered design approach involving field observations and focus groups to understand what kind of robot design would be suitable for the nursing home context. Our results show that instead of robots replacing human labor, nursing home staff prefer robot assistants who fit into their work process. We also learned the most appropriate functions for robots in nursing homes were helping with minor tasks and encouraging social interaction among residents. Our study was performed in two nursing homes in Taiwan.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ARSO 2014 - Workshop Digest, IEEE International Workshop on Advance Robotics and its Social Impacts
Editors	Henny Admoni, Tamim Asfour, Cindy Bethel, David Bourne, Anca Dragan, David Feil-Seifer, Birgit Graf, Jeonghye Han, Nathan Kirchner, Masashi Konyo, Shinya Kotosaka, Sonya Kwak, Changchun Liu, Bruce MacDonald, Selma Sabanovic, Pericle Salvini, Sebastian Scherer, Masahiro Shiomi, Giancarlo Teti, Stephen Tully, Bram Vanderborght, Kazuyoshi Wada, Britta Wrede, Fumin Zhang
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	32-37
Number of pages	6
Edition	January
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479969685
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2014.7020976
Publication status	Published - 2015 Jan 23
Event	9th IEEE International Workshop on Advance Robotics and its Social Impacts, ARSO 2014 - Evanston, United States Duration: 2014 Sep 11 → 2014 Sep 13

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts, ARSO
Number	January
Volume	2015-January
ISSN (Print)	2162-7568
ISSN (Electronic)	2162-7576

Conference

Conference	9th IEEE International Workshop on Advance Robotics and its Social Impacts, ARSO 2014
Country	United States
City	Evanston
Period	14-09-11 → 14-09-13

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science Applications
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Chang, W. L., & Sabanovic, S. (2015). Exploring Taiwanese nursing homes as product ecologies for assistive robots. In H. Admoni, T. Asfour, C. Bethel, D. Bourne, A. Dragan, D. Feil-Seifer, B. Graf, J. Han, N. Kirchner, M. Konyo, S. Kotosaka, S. Kwak, C. Liu, B. MacDonald, S. Sabanovic, P. Salvini, S. Scherer, M. Shiomi, G. Teti, S. Tully, B. Vanderborght, K. Wada, B. Wrede, ... F. Zhang (Eds.), ARSO 2014 - Workshop Digest, IEEE International Workshop on Advance Robotics and its Social Impacts (January ed., pp. 32-37). [7020976] (Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts, ARSO; Vol. 2015-January, No. January). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2014.7020976

Chang, Wan Ling ; Sabanovic, Selma. / Exploring Taiwanese nursing homes as product ecologies for assistive robots. ARSO 2014 - Workshop Digest, IEEE International Workshop on Advance Robotics and its Social Impacts. editor / Henny Admoni ; Tamim Asfour ; Cindy Bethel ; David Bourne ; Anca Dragan ; David Feil-Seifer ; Birgit Graf ; Jeonghye Han ; Nathan Kirchner ; Masashi Konyo ; Shinya Kotosaka ; Sonya Kwak ; Changchun Liu ; Bruce MacDonald ; Selma Sabanovic ; Pericle Salvini ; Sebastian Scherer ; Masahiro Shiomi ; Giancarlo Teti ; Stephen Tully ; Bram Vanderborght ; Kazuyoshi Wada ; Britta Wrede ; Fumin Zhang. January. ed. IEEE Computer Society, 2015. pp. 32-37 (Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts, ARSO; January).

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Chang, WL & Sabanovic, S 2015, Exploring Taiwanese nursing homes as product ecologies for assistive robots. in H Admoni, T Asfour, C Bethel, D Bourne, A Dragan, D Feil-Seifer, B Graf, J Han, N Kirchner, M Konyo, S Kotosaka, S Kwak, C Liu, B MacDonald, S Sabanovic, P Salvini, S Scherer, M Shiomi, G Teti, S Tully, B Vanderborght, K Wada, B Wrede & F Zhang (eds), ARSO 2014 - Workshop Digest, IEEE International Workshop on Advance Robotics and its Social Impacts. January edn, 7020976, Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts, ARSO, no. January, vol. 2015-January, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 32-37, 9th IEEE International Workshop on Advance Robotics and its Social Impacts, ARSO 2014, Evanston, United States, 14-09-11. https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2014.7020976

Exploring Taiwanese nursing homes as product ecologies for assistive robots. / Chang, Wan Ling; Sabanovic, Selma.

ARSO 2014 - Workshop Digest, IEEE International Workshop on Advance Robotics and its Social Impacts. ed. / Henny Admoni; Tamim Asfour; Cindy Bethel; David Bourne; Anca Dragan; David Feil-Seifer; Birgit Graf; Jeonghye Han; Nathan Kirchner; Masashi Konyo; Shinya Kotosaka; Sonya Kwak; Changchun Liu; Bruce MacDonald; Selma Sabanovic; Pericle Salvini; Sebastian Scherer; Masahiro Shiomi; Giancarlo Teti; Stephen Tully; Bram Vanderborght; Kazuyoshi Wada; Britta Wrede; Fumin Zhang. January. ed. IEEE Computer Society, 2015. p. 32-37 7020976 (Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts, ARSO; Vol. 2015-January, No. January).

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Chang WL, Sabanovic S. Exploring Taiwanese nursing homes as product ecologies for assistive robots. In Admoni H, Asfour T, Bethel C, Bourne D, Dragan A, Feil-Seifer D, Graf B, Han J, Kirchner N, Konyo M, Kotosaka S, Kwak S, Liu C, MacDonald B, Sabanovic S, Salvini P, Scherer S, Shiomi M, Teti G, Tully S, Vanderborght B, Wada K, Wrede B, Zhang F, editors, ARSO 2014 - Workshop Digest, IEEE International Workshop on Advance Robotics and its Social Impacts. January ed. IEEE Computer Society. 2015. p. 32-37. 7020976. (Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts, ARSO; January). https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2014.7020976