Design and Preliminary Validation of Social Assistive Humanoid Robot with Gesture Expression Features for Mental Health Treatment of Isolated Patients in Hospitals

Diego Arce; Sareli Gibaja; Fiorella Urbina; Camila Maura; Dario Huanca; Renato Paredes; Francisco Cuellar; Gustavo Pérez-Zuniga

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-24670-8_46

Design and Preliminary Validation of Social Assistive Humanoid Robot with Gesture Expression Features for Mental Health Treatment of Isolated Patients in Hospitals

Diego Arce, Sareli Gibaja, Fiorella Urbina, Camila Maura, Dario Huanca, Renato Paredes, Francisco Cuellar, Gustavo Pérez-Zuniga

Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Peru

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Abstract

Social and assistive robots have been widely discussed in the context of psychological interventions. These studies have confirmed that facial and body expressions increase perceived safety during human-robot interaction. In this paper, we present the design of a social assistive humanoid robot with articulated robotic arms intended to deliver telepsychological interventions. The design of the robot is presented, including the description of its features for interactive communication. The robot’s design and basic nonverbal communication were evaluated through an online behavioral experiment designed to examine the perceived valence and meaning of its gestures and the overall appraisal of its appearance. We found that the design of the telepresence robot was positively assessed by a sample (N = 34) of STEM-related participants according to Godspeed metrics. Moreover, we observed that the robot was able to perform gestures that were correctly identified and discerned in terms of their valence.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Social Robotics - 14th International Conference, ICSR 2022, Proceedings
Editors	Filippo Cavallo, John-John Cabibihan, Laura Fiorini, Alessandra Sorrentino, Hongsheng He, Xiaorui Liu, Yoshio Matsumoto, Shuzhi Sam Ge
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	518-528
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9783031246692
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24670-8_46
State	Published - 2022
Event	14th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2022 - Florence, Italy Duration: 13 Dec 2022 → 16 Dec 2022

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	13818 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	14th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2022
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Florence
Period	13/12/22 → 16/12/22

Keywords

Acceptability and Trust
Gesture expressions
Humanoid robots
Social assistive robots
Telepsychological interventions

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Arce, D., Gibaja, S., Urbina, F., Maura, C., Huanca, D., Paredes, R., Cuellar, F., & Pérez-Zuniga, G. (2022). Design and Preliminary Validation of Social Assistive Humanoid Robot with Gesture Expression Features for Mental Health Treatment of Isolated Patients in Hospitals. In F. Cavallo, J.-J. Cabibihan, L. Fiorini, A. Sorrentino, H. He, X. Liu, Y. Matsumoto, & S. S. Ge (Eds.), Social Robotics - 14th International Conference, ICSR 2022, Proceedings (pp. 518-528). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 13818 LNAI). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24670-8_46

Arce, Diego ; Gibaja, Sareli ; Urbina, Fiorella et al. / Design and Preliminary Validation of Social Assistive Humanoid Robot with Gesture Expression Features for Mental Health Treatment of Isolated Patients in Hospitals. Social Robotics - 14th International Conference, ICSR 2022, Proceedings. editor / Filippo Cavallo ; John-John Cabibihan ; Laura Fiorini ; Alessandra Sorrentino ; Hongsheng He ; Xiaorui Liu ; Yoshio Matsumoto ; Shuzhi Sam Ge. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. pp. 518-528 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Arce, D, Gibaja, S, Urbina, F, Maura, C, Huanca, D, Paredes, R, Cuellar, F & Pérez-Zuniga, G 2022, Design and Preliminary Validation of Social Assistive Humanoid Robot with Gesture Expression Features for Mental Health Treatment of Isolated Patients in Hospitals. in F Cavallo, J-J Cabibihan, L Fiorini, A Sorrentino, H He, X Liu, Y Matsumoto & SS Ge (eds), Social Robotics - 14th International Conference, ICSR 2022, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 13818 LNAI, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 518-528, 14th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2022, Florence, Italy, 13/12/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24670-8_46

Design and Preliminary Validation of Social Assistive Humanoid Robot with Gesture Expression Features for Mental Health Treatment of Isolated Patients in Hospitals. / Arce, Diego; Gibaja, Sareli; Urbina, Fiorella et al.
Social Robotics - 14th International Conference, ICSR 2022, Proceedings. ed. / Filippo Cavallo; John-John Cabibihan; Laura Fiorini; Alessandra Sorrentino; Hongsheng He; Xiaorui Liu; Yoshio Matsumoto; Shuzhi Sam Ge. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. p. 518-528 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 13818 LNAI).

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Arce D, Gibaja S, Urbina F, Maura C, Huanca D, Paredes R et al. Design and Preliminary Validation of Social Assistive Humanoid Robot with Gesture Expression Features for Mental Health Treatment of Isolated Patients in Hospitals. In Cavallo F, Cabibihan JJ, Fiorini L, Sorrentino A, He H, Liu X, Matsumoto Y, Ge SS, editors, Social Robotics - 14th International Conference, ICSR 2022, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2022. p. 518-528. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-24670-8_46