Embodying care in Matilda - An affective communication robot for the elderly in Australia

Rajiv Khosla, Mei Tai Chu, Reza Kachouie, Keiji Yamada, Tomoharu Yamaguchi

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Abstract

Ageing population is at the center of the looming health care crisis in most parts of developed and developing world. Australia like most of the western world is bracing up for the looming ageing population crisis, spiraling health care costs and expected serious shortage of health care workers. Assistive Service robots and companion robots are being seen as one of the ways for supporting aged care facilities to meet this challenge and improve the quality of care of the elderly including mental and physical health outcomes, as well as support the health care workers in personalizing care. In this paper the authors report on design and first ever field trial of Matilda, a human like assistive communication (service and companion) robot in appearance and attributes (e.g., voice, expressions, gestures, emotions) in nursing homes in Australia. The work demonstrates Matilda's ability to break intergeneration technology barriers with elderly, engage elderly in group and one to one activities for improving personalization of care and wellbeing.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIHI'12 - Proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGHIT International Health Informatics Symposium
EditorsAni Nahapetian, Malika Mahoui
Place of PublicationNew York NY USA
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages295-304
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9781450307819
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd ACM SIGHIT International Health Informatics Symposium - Miami Beach Resort and Spa, Miami, United States of America
Duration: 28 Jan 201230 Jan 2012
Conference number: 2nd
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Conference

Conference2nd ACM SIGHIT International Health Informatics Symposium
Abbreviated titleIHI 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States of America
CityMiami
Period28/01/1230/01/12
Internet address

Keywords

  • Affective communication robot
  • Aged care
  • Nursing home
  • Personalization of care
  • Personhood
  • Wellbeing

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