Can socially assistive robots be used to help people develop healthy habits?

社交辅助机器人可以帮助人们养成健康的习惯吗？

• 批准号: 2437368
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Bristol
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2437368
• 关键词: socially; assistive; robots; used; help

Socially assistive robots (SAR) describes robots that provide assistance to human users through social rather than physical interaction [1]. SAR encompasses HRI, social, rehabilitation and service robotics [2]. The applications of SAR can include helping motivate participants to engage and comply in tasks such as education, well-being and health [3]-[5]. However, the effectiveness of such robots in these areas is very much dependent on the robot's ability to persuade the participant. Where persuasion is an activity that involves the persuader (robot) trying to change the mental state of the persuadee (human) [6].Previous work done has focused on investigating a SAR's ability to motivate participants to stay engaged during a task by providing encouragement [5]. Although, active participation during a training session is essential there hasn't been much work done in using robots to form longlasting habits. Where habits are a person's automatic response to a frequently encountered context [7]. Healthy habits can include drinking a glass of water at breakfast or going for a walk after lunch.Additionally, there haven't been many longitudinal studies on the effect of long exposure to persuasive SAR outside of a controlled setting. A two-week field study to teach Japanese children English using a robot showed a rapid decline in engagement with the robot on the second week [8]. While different four month user experience study in primary school to teach language to children showed there was more engagement with the robot when they received a reward from the robot for correct answers such as lighting up eyes or clapping hands [9]. As a result, identifying the mechanisms for maintaining a long-term relationship is a crucial area of for HRI that needs further study. This will include identifying whether the robot needs to adapt/evolve its responses over weeks or months to maintain high engagement.There are many verbal and non-verbal immediacies identified from human behaviour research that play a part in persuasion, these include but are not limited to gaze, gesture and facial expression [10]. During the initial stages of the PhD an investigation into human psychology models of persuasion will need to be done to identify which persuasive strategies will be usedand whether persuasive strategies need to be tailored for individuals.

社交辅助机器人 (SAR) 描述了通过社交而非物理交互为人类用户提供帮助的机器人 [1]。 SAR 包括 HRI、社交、康复和服务机器人 [2]。 SAR 的应用可以包括帮助激励参与者参与并遵守教育、福祉和健康等任务 [3]-[5]。然而，此类机器人在这些领域的有效性很大程度上取决于机器人说服参与者的能力。说服是一项涉及说服者（机器人）试图改变被说服者（人类）心理状态的活动 [6]。之前所做的工作重点是调查 SAR 通过提供鼓励来激励参与者在任务期间保持参与的能力[5]。尽管积极参与培训课程至关重要，但在使用机器人养成持久习惯方面还没有做太多工作。习惯是一个人对经常遇到的环境的自动反应[7]。健康的习惯包括早餐喝一杯水或午餐后散步。此外，关于在受控环境之外长期暴露于有说服力的 SAR 的影响，还没有很多纵向研究。一项为期两周的使用机器人教日本儿童英语的实地研究表明，第二周他们与机器人的互动迅速下降 [8]。而在小学教授儿童语言的不同四个月的用户体验研究表明，当他们因正确答案（例如点亮眼睛或拍手）而收到机器人的奖励时，他们与机器人的互动会更多[9]。因此，确定维持长期关系的机制是 HRI 需要进一步研究的关键领域。这将包括确定机器人是否需要在数周或数月内适应/进化其反应以保持高参与度。从人类行为研究中发现的许多言语和非言语即时性在说服中发挥作用，这些包括但不限于凝视、手势和面部表情[10]。在博士学位的初始阶段，需要对人类说服心理学模型进行调查，以确定将使用哪些说服策略以及是否需要针对个人量身定制说服策略。