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Social Shaping of Interactions between Older Adults and the Seal-Like Robot PARO
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Chang, Wanling Selma Abanovic Huber, Lesa |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | We use the framework of social shaping of technology and society, and ethnographic observation to study human-robot interaction (HRI) between various social actors in a nursing home (e.g. nurses, older adults, family members) and the socially assistive robot PARO. For the purpose of our study, PARO was placed a public space in the nursing home where participants could interact with it freely. We were particularly interested in understanding the factors that contributed to failures and successes in interaction. Our results show that PARO’s interactive cues by themselves were often insufficient for generating interaction with older adult, but that interventions by staff and family members led to context-specific social shaping of the robot which led to more successful interactions. Our finding suggest that the open-ended, long-term study of HRI in situated contexts can provide new and valuable perspectives to understanding the implementation and effects of socially assistive robots. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://homes.soic.indiana.edu/selmas/ChangSabanovic-ICSR2013-workshop.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
