Don’t be afraid! Design of a playful cleaning robot for people with dementia

Sophie Alice Grimme; Avgi Kollakidou; Christian Sønderskov Zarp; Eva Hornecker; Norbert Krüger; Emanuela Marchetti

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-94209-0_12

Don’t be afraid! Design of a playful cleaning robot for people with dementia

Sophie Alice Grimme^*, Avgi Kollakidou, Christian Sønderskov Zarp, Eva Hornecker, Norbert Krüger, Emanuela Marchetti^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Bauhaus University, Weimar

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Abstract

Robot technologies for care homes and people affected by dementia has become a popular research field. However, such technologies have not become mainstream in care homes yet, due to specific issues related to the well being of their residents. For instance, although existing robot vacuum cleaners can provide meaningful support to hygiene practices in care homes, their appearance and loud noise can negatively affect residents. Building on these insights, we developed a playful alternative design. By testing our design in a care home, we have found that a robotic vacuum cleaner can be accepted by residents affected by dementia, when it has a playful appearance and movement pattern, to elicit positive feelings and provide predictability of its actions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing : First International Conference, IHAW 2021, Larnaca, Cyprus, November 8–9, 2021, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Edwige Pissaloux, George Angelos Papadopoulos, Achilleas Achilleos, Ramiro Velázquez
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2021
Pages	141-155
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-94208-3
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-94209-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94209-0_12
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	IHAW 2021: ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing - Online Duration: 8. Nov 2021 → 9. Nov 2021 Conference number: 1 http://cyprusconferences.org/ihaw2021/

Conference

Conference	IHAW 2021
Number	1
Location	Online
Period	08/11/2021 → 09/11/2021
Internet address	http://cyprusconferences.org/ihaw2021/

Series	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volume	1538
ISSN	1865-0929

Keywords

elderly care
mobile cleaning unit
robotic pet
Mobile cleaning unit
Robotic pet
Elderly care

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Don't be afraid! Design of a playful cleaning robot for people with dementia
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01/04/2019 → 31/12/2022
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Alice Grimme, S., Kollakidou, A., Zarp, C. S., Hornecker, E., Krüger, N., & Marchetti, E. (2021). Don’t be afraid! Design of a playful cleaning robot for people with dementia. In E. Pissaloux, G. A. Papadopoulos, A. Achilleos, & R. Velázquez (Eds.), ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing: First International Conference, IHAW 2021, Larnaca, Cyprus, November 8–9, 2021, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 141-155). Springer. Communications in Computer and Information Science Vol. 1538 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94209-0_12

Alice Grimme, Sophie ; Kollakidou, Avgi ; Zarp, Christian Sønderskov et al. / Don’t be afraid! Design of a playful cleaning robot for people with dementia. ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing: First International Conference, IHAW 2021, Larnaca, Cyprus, November 8–9, 2021, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Edwige Pissaloux ; George Angelos Papadopoulos ; Achilleas Achilleos ; Ramiro Velázquez. Springer, 2021. pp. 141-155 (Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 1538).

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Don’t be afraid! Design of a playful cleaning robot for people with dementia. / Alice Grimme, Sophie; Kollakidou, Avgi ; Zarp, Christian Sønderskov et al.

ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing: First International Conference, IHAW 2021, Larnaca, Cyprus, November 8–9, 2021, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Edwige Pissaloux; George Angelos Papadopoulos; Achilleas Achilleos; Ramiro Velázquez. Springer, 2021. p. 141-155 (Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 1538).

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