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Co-creation of an assistive robot for independent living: lessons learned on robot design

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To increase the usage of assistive robots into daily life it is important to include end-users in early development stages. This paper propose an iterative co-creative method to refine the design of an assistive robot called ASTRO. Three co-creation sessions were organized involving a total of 102 individuals. This paper presents the feedback collected and provides the results from an evaluation of the final prototype. The results underline that the robot’s design was perceived in a positive way (attractiveness and stimulation domains). Even though the co-creation results show that the function of the robot are also valued, the survey provides a more nuanced view on these aspects of robot design by showing a neutral evaluation of perspicuity, efficiency and dependability.

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  1. International Federation of Robotics (IFR) official website: https://ifr.org/.

  2. Cresco Lab Website: https://crescolab.jimdo.com/.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the ACCRA Project, founded by the European Commission – Horizon 2020 Founding Programme (H2020-SCI-PM14-2016) and National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) of Japan under grant agreement No. 738251.

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  1. The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, 56025, Pontedera, PI, Italy

    Laura Fiorini, Grazia D’Onofrio, Luigi Coviello & Filippo Cavallo

  2. Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Kasia Tabeau, Marleen De Mul & Isabelle Fabbricotti

  3. Complex Unit of Geriatrics, Department of Medical Sciences, Fondazione “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza” - IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy

    Grazia D’Onofrio & Daniele Sancarlo

  4. Department of Excellence in Robotics & AI, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Piazza Martiri della Libertà, 33, 56127, Pisa, Italy

    Laura Fiorini, Luigi Coviello & Filippo Cavallo

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Fiorini, L., Tabeau, K., D’Onofrio, G. et al. Co-creation of an assistive robot for independent living: lessons learned on robot design. Int J Interact Des Manuf 14, 491–502 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12008-019-00641-z

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