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View article: “Making Robots Usable”: Empowering Care Professionals to Customize Social Robots in Care
“Making Robots Usable”: Empowering Care Professionals to Customize Social Robots in Care Open
While robotic systems in eldercare contexts continue to be a popular research topic, they are still not widely used in these settings. We argue that this is partly due to the absence of control and configuration options for end-users. This…
View article: AI and robotic systems in healthcare
AI and robotic systems in healthcare Open
View article: READY? – Reflective dialog tool on issues relating to the use of robotic systems for nursing care
READY? – Reflective dialog tool on issues relating to the use of robotic systems for nursing care Open
The assessment tool “READY?” supports care facilities and services in their institutional reflection on the use of robotics for nursing care. The tool contains a digitally supported question catalog completed in an accompanying workshop in…
View article: Editorial: Creative approaches to appropriation and design: novel robotic systems for heterogeneous contexts
Editorial: Creative approaches to appropriation and design: novel robotic systems for heterogeneous contexts Open
View article: RoboCare Design Workshop: Understanding, Translating, Operationalizing, and Scaling Up Design Knowledge Regarding Robotic Systems for Care Assistance
RoboCare Design Workshop: Understanding, Translating, Operationalizing, and Scaling Up Design Knowledge Regarding Robotic Systems for Care Assistance Open
Robots and other autonomous agents are well-positioned in the research discourse to support the care of people with challenges such as physical and/or cognitive disabilities. However, designing these robots can be complex as it involves co…
View article: Exploring patient trust in clinical advice from AI-driven LLMs like ChatGPT for self-diagnosis
Exploring patient trust in clinical advice from AI-driven LLMs like ChatGPT for self-diagnosis Open
Trustworthy clinical advice is crucial but burdensome when seeking health support from professionals. Inaccessibility and financial burdens present obstacles to obtaining professional clinical advice, even when healthcare is available. Con…
View article: Practices of Care in Participatory Design With Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Digitally Mediated Study
Practices of Care in Participatory Design With Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Digitally Mediated Study Open
Background Participatory Design (PD), albeit an established approach in User-Centered Design, comes with specific challenges when working with older adults as research participants. Addressing these challenges relates to the reflection and…
View article: Heteromated Decision-Making: Integrating Socially Assistive Robots in Care Relationships
Heteromated Decision-Making: Integrating Socially Assistive Robots in Care Relationships Open
Technological development continues to advance, with consequences for the use of robots in health care. For this reason, this workshop contribution aims at consideration of how socially assistive robots can be integrated into care and what…
View article: Meeting report: „Robotische Systeme für die Pflege“. Symposium, 2022 (online)
Meeting report: „Robotische Systeme für die Pflege“. Symposium, 2022 (online) Open
View article: Transformation of HCI co-research with older adults - researchers’ positionality in the COVID-19 pandemic times
Transformation of HCI co-research with older adults - researchers’ positionality in the COVID-19 pandemic times Open
In the time of COVID-19, many measurements to contain the pandemic contributed to social isolation and loneliness. Older adults in particular experience various forms of ageism in this regard, for example by being stereotyped as digitally …
View article: The Virtual Reality Lab: Realization and Application of Virtual Sound Environments
The Virtual Reality Lab: Realization and Application of Virtual Sound Environments Open
To assess perception with and performance of modern and future hearing devices with advanced adaptive signal processing capabilities, novel evaluation methods are required that go beyond already established methods. These novel methods wil…
View article: Technical and Affective Practices. An Investigation of Service Robots in Nursing Environments
Technical and Affective Practices. An Investigation of Service Robots in Nursing Environments Open
This overview explains the first steps of a participatory design project. The aim is to evaluate a service robot for nursing with a qualitative approach and to explore technical and affective practices. The data will be analyzed with pract…
View article: Development and Application of an Annotation Procedure to Assess the Impact of Hearing Aid Amplification on Interpersonal Communication Behavior
Development and Application of an Annotation Procedure to Assess the Impact of Hearing Aid Amplification on Interpersonal Communication Behavior Open
Hearing impairment is associated with a decrease in speech intelligibility and health-related quality of life, such as social isolation and participation restriction. However, little is known about the extent to which hearing impairment an…