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COCO - The therapy robot

  • Katharina Tran Phuc
  • , Christoph Busch
  • , Tosten Racky
  • , Claudia Söller-Eckert
  • , Florian Roth
  • , Mara Pilz
  • , Iris Wegmann
  • , Katharina Horst
  • Fachbereich Media
  • Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

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

4 Scopus citations

Abstract

This paper describes the idea of Coco, a therapeutic robot designed for elderly people in nursing homes or other care facilities. It includes a description of the conducted research, followed by the concept of the prototype which was implemented and successfully tested by a focus group.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCHI EA 2011 - 29th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings and Extended Abstracts
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages1089-1094
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781450302289
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event29th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2011 - Vancouver, Canada
Duration: 7 May 2011 → 11 May 2011

Publication series

NameConference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Conference

Conference29th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2011
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityVancouver
Period7/05/11 → 11/05/11

Keywords

  • Ageing population
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Interaction design
  • Therapeutic robot
  • User experience design
  • User-centered design
  • Visual system design

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