Robots for Connection: A Co-Design Study with Adolescents
P. Alves-Oliveira et al., “Robots for Connection: A Co-Design Study with Adolescents,” in IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2022, pp. 578–583, doi: 10.1109/RO-MAN53752.2022.9900534.
Abstract
Adolescents isolated at home during the COVID19 pandemic lockdown are more likely to feel lonely and in need of social connection. Social robots may provide a much needed social interaction without the risk of contracting an infection. In this paper, we detail our co-design process used to engage adolescents in the design of a social robot prototype intended to broadly support their mental health. Data gathered from our four week design study of nine remote sessions and interviews with 16 adolescents suggested the following design requirements for a home robot: (1) be able to enact a set of roles including a coach, companion, and confidant; (2) amplify human-to-human connection by supporting peer relationships; (3) account for data privacy and device ownership. Design materials are available in open-access, contributing to best practices for the field of Human-Robot Interaction.
BibTeX Entry
@inproceedings{alves2022robots,
title = {Robots for Connection: A Co-Design Study with Adolescents},
author = {Alves-Oliveira, Patricia and Bj{\"o}rling, Elin A and Wiesmann, Patriya and Dwikat, Heba and Bhatia, Simran and Mihata, Kai and Cakmak, Maya},
year = {2022},
booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)},
pages = {578--583},
type = {conference},
url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9900534},
organization = {IEEE},
doi = {10.1109/RO-MAN53752.2022.9900534}
}