Human-Robot Interaction: Enhancing co-design with responsible innovation
B. Hofstede, S. Ipakchian Askari, D.R.M. Lukkien, J. Alberts, H. H. Nap
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AbstractIntelligent assistive technologies such as socially assistive robots (SARs) have the potential to support older adults, thereby possibly mitigating the global burden of cognitive decline related to ageing (Lenca et al., 2017). SARs can support older adults in daytime structure by providing reminders for medicine or food intake and offering social companionship (Bouwhuis, 2016; Vercelli et al., 2018). In order to improve the acceptance of SARs and enhance human-robot interaction (HRI), one possibility is to apply co-design methods (Sanders and Stappers 2008), ensuring that a design is based on the user's needs. Additionally, an approach, aimed at enhancing the social desirability and (ethical) acceptability of innovation, is responsible innovation (RI) (Owen et al., 2013; Owen & Pansera, 2019; Von Schomberg, 2013). In this research, we present a case study in which both a co-design and RI approach have been applied and compared to examine to what extent RI principles such as the active anticipation of positive and negative effects of innovation can complement the co-design of SARs for older adults. The overall goal of this endeavor was to ensure better compatibility in HRI between needs and values of end-users and the functionalities of a SAR.Keywords: social robots, gerontechnology, co-design, responsible innovation, socially assistive robots
B. Hofstede, S. Ipakchian Askari, D.R.M. Lukkien, J. Alberts, H. H. Nap (2024). Human-Robot Interaction: Enhancing co-design with responsible innovation. Gerontechnology, 23(2), 6-6
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2024.23.s.944.6.sp