The Penguin – on the boundary between pet and machine: An ecological perspective on the design of assistive robots for elderly care

Emanuela Marchetti; William Kristian Juel; Rosalyn M. Langedijk; Leon Bodenhagen; Norbert Krüger

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-22015-0_34

The Penguin – on the boundary between pet and machine: An ecological perspective on the design of assistive robots for elderly care

Emanuela Marchetti^*, William Kristian Juel, Rosalyn M. Langedijk, Leon Bodenhagen, Norbert Krüger

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Abstract

Following current demographical trends, the aging population has emerged as a main target group for the development of assistive robots [16]. In current studies, assistive robots are seen as assistants, butlers or companion pets [2, 5]. These roles seem to assume an anthropomorphic or zoomorphic metaphor for the role of robots, acknowledging them intelligence and independence in performing daily tasks. In this paper we wish to reflect on the roles that assistive robots could play in elderly care, building on results gathered from a research through design investigation that we conducted as part of the SMOOTH (Seamless huMan-robot interactiOn fOr THe support of elderly people: www.smooth-robot.dk (Last seen 15/02/2019)) project. Our results suggest that the participants to our study seemed divided between understanding our robot as a tool but also as an intelligent being capable of social interaction. Therefore, we propose that assistive robots might be playing an ambiguous, evolving role in between that of a tool with a specific purpose and an intelligent being, like a pet, not equal and unthreatening to their human counterparts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Social Media, Games and Assistive Environments. HCII 2019
Editors	Gavriel Salvendy, Jia Zhou
Volume	Part II
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	Jul 2019
Pages	425-443
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-22014-3
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-22015-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22015-0_34
Publication status	Published - Jul 2019
Event	5th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population - Orlando, United States Duration: 26. Jul 2019 → 31. Jul 2019 Conference number: 5

Conference

Conference	5th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population
Number	5
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando
Period	26/07/2019 → 31/07/2019

Series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	11593
ISSN	0302-9743

Keywords

Anthropomorphism
Assistive robots
Ecology
Elderly care

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The Penguin – on the boundary between pet and machine. An ecological perspective on the design of assistive robots for elderly care
Marchetti, E. (Guest lecturer)
30. Jul 2019
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SMOOTH: Seamless huMan-robot interactiOn fOr THe support of elderly people
Bodenhagen, L. (Project participant), Palinko, O. (Project participant), Manoonpong, P. (Project participant), Haarslev, F. (Project participant), Krüger, N. (Coordinator), Juel, W. K. (Project participant), Kollakidou, A. (Project participant) & Naik, L. (Project participant)
01/04/2017 → 31/01/2021
Project: Research

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Marchetti, E., Juel, W. K., Langedijk, R. M., Bodenhagen, L., & Krüger, N. (2019). The Penguin – on the boundary between pet and machine: An ecological perspective on the design of assistive robots for elderly care. In G. Salvendy, & J. Zhou (Eds.), Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Social Media, Games and Assistive Environments. HCII 2019 (Vol. Part II, pp. 425-443). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22015-0_34

Marchetti, Emanuela ; Juel, William Kristian ; Langedijk, Rosalyn M. et al. / The Penguin – on the boundary between pet and machine : An ecological perspective on the design of assistive robots for elderly care. Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Social Media, Games and Assistive Environments. HCII 2019. editor / Gavriel Salvendy ; Jia Zhou. Vol. Part II Springer, 2019. pp. 425-443 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 11593).

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Marchetti, E, Juel, WK, Langedijk, RM, Bodenhagen, L & Krüger, N 2019, The Penguin – on the boundary between pet and machine: An ecological perspective on the design of assistive robots for elderly care. in G Salvendy & J Zhou (eds), Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Social Media, Games and Assistive Environments. HCII 2019. vol. Part II, Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 11593, pp. 425-443, 5th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, Orlando, Florida, United States, 26/07/2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22015-0_34

The Penguin – on the boundary between pet and machine: An ecological perspective on the design of assistive robots for elderly care. / Marchetti, Emanuela; Juel, William Kristian; Langedijk, Rosalyn M. et al.
Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Social Media, Games and Assistive Environments. HCII 2019. ed. / Gavriel Salvendy; Jia Zhou. Vol. Part II Springer, 2019. p. 425-443 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 11593).

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