Feedback modalities for a table setting robot assistant for elder care
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev（内盖夫本-古里安大学）
Noa Markfeld, Samuel Olatunji, Dana Gutman, Shay Givati, Vardit Sarne-Fleischmann, Yael Edan
发表信息：
Quality of Interaction in Socially Assistive Robots (QISAR) Workshop at International Conference on Social Robotics(ICSR 19), Madrid, Spain, November, 2019
The interaction of Older adults with robots requires effective feedback to keep them aware of the state of the interaction for optimum interaction quality. This study examines the effect of different feedback modalities in a table setting robot assistant for elder care. Two different feedback modalities (visual and auditory) and their combination were evaluated for three complexity levels. The visual feedback included the use of LEDs and a GUI screen. The auditory feedback included alerts (beeps) and verbal commands. The results revealed that the quality of interaction was influenced mainly by the feedback modality, and complexity had less influence. The verbal feedback was significantly preferable and increased the involvement of the participants during the experiment. The combination of LED lights and verbal commands increased participants' understanding contributing to the quality of interaction.
Citard Services Ltd.（Citard服务有限公司）；University of Cyprus（塞浦路斯大学）
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TU Wien（维也纳工业大学）；University of Duisburg-Essen（杜伊斯堡-埃森大学）
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