Robots in Rehab: Towards socially assistive robots for paediatric rehabilitation

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Australian Special Interest Group for Computer Human Interaction Pub Date : 2015-12-07 DOI:10.1145/2838739.2838791

Chris McCarthy, Joanna Butchart, Michael George, D. Kerr, Hugh Kingsley, A. Scheinberg, L. Sterling

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There is increasing interest in the use of socially assistive robots to enhance therapeutic outcomes in paediatric health care. In this paper we report on experiential use of the humanoid 'NAO' robot (Aldebaran Robotics) in a paediatric rehabilitation setting. This forms part of a proposed study assessing the clinical benefits of introducing the NAO as a therapeutic intervention in the rehabilitation program of children with cerebral palsy (CP). This study is in partnership with the rehabilitation clinic of Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital. Drawing on five months of regular weekly engagement with the rehabilitation clinic, we propose roles and supporting capabilities for the NAO that aim to enhance rehabilitation outcomes for patients and support the typical workflow of therapists. We provide an overview of development work conducted to support these roles, and discuss future work and technical challenges to be addressed in preparation for the study.

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康复中的机器人:面向儿科康复的社会辅助机器人

人们对使用社交辅助机器人来提高儿科医疗保健的治疗效果越来越感兴趣。在这篇论文中，我们报告了在儿科康复设置中使用人形“NAO”机器人(Aldebaran Robotics)的经验。这是一项拟议研究的一部分，该研究评估了在脑瘫儿童康复计划中引入NAO作为治疗干预的临床益处。这项研究是与墨尔本皇家儿童医院的康复诊所合作进行的。通过与康复诊所五个月的每周定期接触，我们提出了NAO的角色和支持能力，旨在提高患者的康复效果，并支持治疗师的典型工作流程。我们概述了为支持这些角色而进行的开发工作，并讨论了在准备研究过程中需要解决的未来工作和技术挑战。

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