4 papers
Policy Learning for Social Robot-Led Physiotherapy
Carl Bettosi, Lynne Ballie, Susan Shenkin +1
Social robots offer a promising solution for autonomously guiding patients through physiotherapy exercise sessions, but effective deployment requires advanced decision-making to ad…
Addressing Potential Pitfalls of SAR Assistance on the Aging Population
Emilyann Nault, Ronnie Smith, Lynne Baillie
In the field of Human Robot Interaction (HRI), socially assistive robots are being investigated to see if they can help combat challenges that can come with aging by providing diff…
Communicating Complex Decisions in Robot-Assisted Therapy
Carl Bettosi, Kefan Chen, Ryan Shah +1
Socially Assistive Robots (SARs) have shown promising potential in therapeutic scenarios as decision-making instructors or motivational companions. In human-human therapy, experts…
Towards an Adaptive Robot for Sports and Rehabilitation Coaching
Martin K. Ross, Frank Broz, Lynne Baillie
The work presented in this paper aims to explore how, and to what extent, an adaptive robotic coach has the potential to provide extra motivation to adhere to long-term rehabilitat…