Exercising with a Humanoid Companion is More Effective than Exercising Alone

Sebastian Schneider; Franz Kummert

doi:10.1109/HUMANOIDS.2016.7803321

Exercising with a Humanoid Companion is More Effective than Exercising Alone

Sebastian Schneider
, Franz Kummert

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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Abstract

Engineers developing socially assistive robots for promoting a healthy and active lifestyle are facing several mechanical and interactive design challenges. In this paper we are answering the question whether a humanoid exercising partner capable of working out together with its user makes significant improvement in the user's engagement. We conducted a study with 56 participants doing five isometric exercises in three conditions comparing the differences between working out alone (IC), with an robot instructor (RI) guiding the user, or with a robot companion (RC) exercising co-actively with the user. Our results show that the RC brings a motivational gain to exercise longer compared to all other conditions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Humanoids 2016
Subtitle of host publication	IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	495-501
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5090-4718-5, 978-1-5090-4717-8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5090-4719-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/HUMANOIDS.2016.7803321
Publication status	Published - 2 Jan 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	16th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Humanoids 2016 - Cancún, Mexico Duration: 15 Nov 2016 → 17 Nov 2016 Conference number: 16

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Name	IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Electronic)	2164-0580

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Conference	16th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Humanoids 2016
Abbreviated title	Humanoids
Country/Territory	Mexico
City	Cancún
Period	15/11/16 → 17/11/16

Keywords

n/a OA procedure
Integrated circuits
Training
Humanoid robots
Muscles
Fatigue
System analysis and design

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Schneider, S & Kummert, F 2017, Exercising with a Humanoid Companion is More Effective than Exercising Alone. in Humanoids 2016: IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots. IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, IEEE, pp. 495-501, 16th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Humanoids 2016, Cancún, Mexico, 15/11/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/HUMANOIDS.2016.7803321

Exercising with a Humanoid Companion is More Effective than Exercising Alone. / Schneider, Sebastian; Kummert, Franz.
Humanoids 2016: IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots. IEEE, 2017. p. 495-501 (IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots).

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