Abstract
One requirement that arises for a social (semi-autonomous telepresence) robot aimed at conversations with the elderly, is to accommodate hearing problems. In this paper we compare two approaches to this requirement; (1) moving closer, mimicking the leaning behavior commonly observed in elderly with hearing problems, (2) turning up the volume, which is a more mechanical solution. Our findings with elderly participants show that they preferred the turning up of the volume, since they rated it significantly higher.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of New Friends 2015: the 1st International Conference on Social Robotics in Therapy and Education |
| Place of Publication | Almere, The Netherlands |
| Publisher | Windesheim Flevoland University |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2015 |
| Event | New Friends 2015, 1st International Conference on Social Robotics in Therapy and Education - Almere, Netherlands Duration: 22 Oct 2015 → 23 Oct 2015 Conference number: 1 |
Publication series
| Name | |
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| Publisher | Windesheim Flevoland University |
Conference
| Conference | New Friends 2015, 1st International Conference on Social Robotics in Therapy and Education |
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| Country | Netherlands |
| City | Almere |
| Period | 22/10/15 → 23/10/15 |
| Other | 22-23 October 2015 |
Keywords
- Telepresence robot
- EWI-26145
- EC Grant Agreement nr.: FP7/2007-2013
- IR-96987
- Hearing problems
- METIS-312672
- EC Grant Agreement nr.: FP7/611153