Train with Me: A Study Comparing a Socially Assistive Robot and a Virtual Agent for a Rehabilitation Task

Valentina Vasco; Cesco Willemse; Pauline Chevalier; Davide De Tommaso; Valerio Gower; Furio Gramatica; Vadim Tikhanoff; Ugo Pattacini; Giorgio Metta; Agnieszka Wykowska

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-35888-4_42

Train with Me: A Study Comparing a Socially Assistive Robot and a Virtual Agent for a Rehabilitation Task

Valentina Vasco, Cesco Willemse, Pauline Chevalier, Davide De Tommaso, Valerio Gower, Furio Gramatica, Vadim Tikhanoff, Ugo Pattacini, Giorgio Metta, Agnieszka Wykowska

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Abstract

Long-term motor deficits affect approximately two thirds of stroke survivors, reducing their quality of life. An effective rehabilitation therapy requires intense and repetitive training, which is resource demanding. Virtual Agents (VAs) and Socially Assistive Robots (SARs) offer high intensity, repetitive and reproducible therapy and are thus both promising as rehabilitation tools. In this paper, we compare a SAR and a VA during a rehabilitation task in terms of users’ engagement and movement performance, while leveraging neuroscientific methods to investigate potential differences at the neural level. Results show that our participants’ performance on the exercise was higher with a SAR than with a VA, which was especially clear under conditions of decreased perceptual information. Our participants reported higher levels of engagement with the SAR. Taken together, we provide evidence that SARs are a favorable alternative to VAs as rehabilitation tools.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Social Robotics - 11th International Conference, ICSR 2019, Proceedings
Editors	Miguel A. Salichs, Shuzhi Sam Ge, Emilia Ivanova Barakova, John-John Cabibihan, Alan R. Wagner, Álvaro Castro-González, Hongsheng He
Publisher	Springer
Pages	453-463
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9783030358877
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35888-4_42
Publication status	Published - Jan 1 2019
Event	11th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2019 - Madrid, Spain Duration: Nov 26 2019 → Nov 29 2019

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	11876 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	11th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2019
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Madrid
Period	11/26/19 → 11/29/19

Keywords

Embodiment
Socially assistive robot
Virtual agent

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
Computer Science(all)

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Vasco, V., Willemse, C., Chevalier, P., De Tommaso, D., Gower, V., Gramatica, F., Tikhanoff, V., Pattacini, U., Metta, G., & Wykowska, A. (2019). Train with Me: A Study Comparing a Socially Assistive Robot and a Virtual Agent for a Rehabilitation Task. In M. A. Salichs, S. S. Ge, E. I. Barakova, J-J. Cabibihan, A. R. Wagner, Á. Castro-González, & H. He (Eds.), Social Robotics - 11th International Conference, ICSR 2019, Proceedings (pp. 453-463). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11876 LNAI). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35888-4_42

Train with Me : A Study Comparing a Socially Assistive Robot and a Virtual Agent for a Rehabilitation Task. / Vasco, Valentina; Willemse, Cesco; Chevalier, Pauline; De Tommaso, Davide; Gower, Valerio ; Gramatica, Furio; Tikhanoff, Vadim; Pattacini, Ugo; Metta, Giorgio; Wykowska, Agnieszka.

Social Robotics - 11th International Conference, ICSR 2019, Proceedings. ed. / Miguel A. Salichs; Shuzhi Sam Ge; Emilia Ivanova Barakova; John-John Cabibihan; Alan R. Wagner; Álvaro Castro-González; Hongsheng He. Springer, 2019. p. 453-463 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11876 LNAI).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Vasco, V, Willemse, C, Chevalier, P, De Tommaso, D, Gower, V , Gramatica, F, Tikhanoff, V, Pattacini, U, Metta, G & Wykowska, A 2019, Train with Me: A Study Comparing a Socially Assistive Robot and a Virtual Agent for a Rehabilitation Task. in MA Salichs, SS Ge, EI Barakova, J-J Cabibihan, AR Wagner, Á Castro-González & H He (eds), Social Robotics - 11th International Conference, ICSR 2019, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 11876 LNAI, Springer, pp. 453-463, 11th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2019, Madrid, Spain, 11/26/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35888-4_42

Vasco V, Willemse C, Chevalier P, De Tommaso D, Gower V , Gramatica F et al. Train with Me: A Study Comparing a Socially Assistive Robot and a Virtual Agent for a Rehabilitation Task. In Salichs MA, Ge SS, Barakova EI, Cabibihan J-J, Wagner AR, Castro-González Á, He H, editors, Social Robotics - 11th International Conference, ICSR 2019, Proceedings. Springer. 2019. p. 453-463. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35888-4_42

Vasco, Valentina ; Willemse, Cesco ; Chevalier, Pauline ; De Tommaso, Davide ; Gower, Valerio ; Gramatica, Furio ; Tikhanoff, Vadim ; Pattacini, Ugo ; Metta, Giorgio ; Wykowska, Agnieszka. / Train with Me : A Study Comparing a Socially Assistive Robot and a Virtual Agent for a Rehabilitation Task. Social Robotics - 11th International Conference, ICSR 2019, Proceedings. editor / Miguel A. Salichs ; Shuzhi Sam Ge ; Emilia Ivanova Barakova ; John-John Cabibihan ; Alan R. Wagner ; Álvaro Castro-González ; Hongsheng He. Springer, 2019. pp. 453-463 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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