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User Centered Design and Usability of Bionic Devices

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User Centered Design of bionic and assistive devices is growing in importance as many technologies are now moving from lab concepts to certified medical products for use in daily life. The enthusiasm to develop new technologies often focuses on the scientific requirements but often very practical user requirements are over looked. This presentation discusses the role of user centered design in bionics development and how this relates to usability in use. The presentation frames the importance of usability and user centered design on technology acceptance, generally by users, but also with focus on technology acceptance and adoption by older age adults.

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Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the contributions of the XoSoft consortium. The research leading to these results has received funding from the Horizon 2020 Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement n688175.

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  1. Design Factors Research Group, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

    L. W. O’Sullivan, V. Power & A. de Eyto

  2. Department of Advanced Robotics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego, 30, 16163, Genoa, Italy

    J. Ortiz

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Correspondence to L. W. O’Sullivan .

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  1. Cajal Institute, Spanish National Research Council Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain

    Jaime Ibáñez

  2. Cajal Institute, Spanish National Research Council Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain

    José González-Vargas

  3. Avda. de la Universidad s/n, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche Avda. de la Universidad s/n, Elche, Spain

    José María Azorín

  4. Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, Houston, USA

    Metin Akay

  5. Cajal Institute, Spanish National Research Council Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain

    José Luis Pons

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O’Sullivan, L.W., Power, V., de Eyto, A., Ortiz, J. (2017). User Centered Design and Usability of Bionic Devices. In: Ibáñez, J., González-Vargas, J., Azorín, J., Akay, M., Pons, J. (eds) Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 15. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46669-9_96

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