RT Journal Article
T1 An User-Centered Evaluation of Two Socially Assistive Robots Integrated in a Retirement Home
A1 Jerez Cordoncillo, Antonio
A1 Iglesias, Ana
A1 Pérez-Lorenzo, José Manuel
A1 Tudela, Alberto
A1 Cruces, Alejandro
A1 Bandera-Rubio, Juan Pedro
K1 Robótica
K1 Tecnología
K1 Asistencia social
K1 Electrónica
AB Socially assistive robots are receiving a growing interest in the health and social care sectors. They are considered a promising technology to add value to the work of caregivers, and relieve them of simple and repetitive tasks. However, these robots currently face significant difficulties when deployed in everyday scenarios due to a number of factors. Most of these factors are related to insufficient consideration of the user perspective and incorrect evaluation procedures. This paper aims to address these issues. Its objective is to analyze the long-term accessibility, usability, social acceptance and user experience for two different socially assistive robots performing the same tasks in a retirement home. The evaluation procedure is based on a framework specifically designed to consider these criteria. Collected results show that both robots received an overall positive feedback. Although the number of users participating in the evaluation was not very high, due to the chosen recruitment criteria and the period of activity of this research project, during the COVID19 pandemic, these results allow to extract relevant insights towards a meaningful use of social robots in shared social care contexts.
PB Springer
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/34365
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/34365
LA spa
NO Jerez, A., Iglesias, A., Pérez-Lorenzo, J.M. et al. An User-Centered Evaluation of Two Socially Assistive Robots Integrated in a Retirement Home. Int J of Soc Robotics (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-024-01175-5
NO Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga/CBUA
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 4 mar 2026