Improving gesture-based interaction between an assistive bathing robot and older adults via user training on the gestural commands.

Journal: Archives of gerontology and geriatrics
PMID: 31855713

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Gesture-based human-robot interaction (HRI) depends on the technical performance of the robot-integrated gesture recognition system (GRS) and on the gestural performance of the robot user, which has been shown to be rather low in older adults. Training of gestural commands (GCs) might improve the quality of older users' input for gesture-based HRI, which in turn may lead to an overall improved HRI.

Authors

  • Christian Werner
    Department of Geriatric Research, AGAPLESION Bethanien Hospital/Geriatric Center at the University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Nikos Kardaris
    Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS), National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: nkardaris@mail.ntua.gr.
  • Petros Koutras
    Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS), National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: pkoutras@cs.ntua.gr.
  • Athanasia Zlatintsi
    Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS), National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: nzlat@cs.ntua.gr.
  • Petros Maragos
  • Jürgen M Bauer
    a Department of Geriatric Research , AGAPLESION Bethanien-Hospital, Geriatric Centre at the University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany.
  • Klaus Hauer

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