2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Utilization of engineering education for dementia care support through communication robot development
Project/Area Number |
19K03181
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Review Section |
Basic Section 09080:Science education-related
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Research Institution | Sendai National College of Technology |
Principal Investigator |
Ando Toshihiko 仙台高等専門学校, 総合工学科, 教授 (00212671)
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Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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Keywords | 認知症高齢者介護者支援 / 弱いロボット / 介護者の心理的負担軽減 / ロボット開発問題解決型学習 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this research, we tried to reduce the psychological burden of the caregiver by interposing the robot between the elderly and the caregiver by using a weak robot. One of the purposes was to turn the robot development course into teaching materials for problem-solving learning, but due to the spread of COVID-19 infection, verification at the facility became impossible. We evaluated the sense of familiarity for the robot, and analyzed interaction between elderly, robot, and student. In the familiarity evaluation for humanoid communication robots, we investigated human reactions to the robot's gaze, gestures, and voices, and found that daily actions such as nodding and waving are important for improving familiarity. In addition, we analyzed the interaction between the developed robot, an individual elderly person, and a student using a state transition model.
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Free Research Field |
ヒューマン・コンピュータ・インタラクション
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
認知症高齢者の増大と介護者の不足は世界的問題であり、介護者の負担軽減は重要な課題である。一方、介護現場において、高齢者が必ずしも人間の介護者よりロボットを肯定的に受け入れるわけではない。そのため、ロボットを高齢者と介護者の介在者として利用することで、高齢者のロボットに対する受容を高めながら、介護者の心理的負担を低減させることができると考えられる。特に、弱いロボットの概念を導入することで、高齢者がロボットへの労りの気持ちを醸成できることが確認された。また、ロボットと合わせて介護専門家以外の外部の青年層の介護現場への誘導を見込むことも期待される。
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