Acceptability in Dialogues With the Robot EBO

NCT ID: NCT04896333

Last Updated: 2022-12-16

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

6 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-06-15

Study Completion Date

2022-04-30

Brief Summary

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This is a descriptive observational study (first results cross-sectional study, second results longitudinal study). The participants of the study will be exposed to a dialogue with the robot EBO. The user and the therapist's acceptability of the robot, the robot-user interaction during the conversation and the conversation parameters will be assessed.

Detailed Description

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This is a descriptive observational study (first results cross-sectional study, second results longitudinal study). The participants of the study will be exposed to a dialogue with the robot EBO. The user and the therapist's acceptability of the robot will be measure. Also the robot-user interaction during the conversation and the conversation parameters will be assessed. The assessements will be done at week 0 and at week 3. During weeks 1 and 2 the robot will be present in the therapeutic activities of the center.

Conditions

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Nervous System Diseases

Keywords

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Nervous System Diseases acceptability Robot

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Robot interaction

EBO is a robotic platform consisting of the following: A screen display capable of generating emotions (sadness, joy, neutral, anger, disgust and surprise), RGB camera, basic navigation system.

EBO must be controlled by a teleoperator through a user-friendly and simple interface. Communication should be as immediate as possible, as well as predefined. In any case, the dialogue flow can be modified if necessary. The interface, at the same time, allows the possibility of sending emotions and small movements to the robot, to accompany the dialogue with certain elements of emotionality.

The experiment replicates the Wizard of Oz technique. In this technique, the human tele-operator controls the robot without the person noticing it as he is in another room. For this purpose, a user interface will be displayed on the teleoperator's terminal and the commands will be reproduced by the EBO robot

Interaction and exposure with the Robot EBO

Intervention Type OTHER

The participants will interact with the Robot EBO. The robot will be control by an operator that will conduct a dialogue. The dialogue will include questions related to the social, leisure, activities of daily living and informative areas.

Interventions

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Interaction and exposure with the Robot EBO

The participants will interact with the Robot EBO. The robot will be control by an operator that will conduct a dialogue. The dialogue will include questions related to the social, leisure, activities of daily living and informative areas.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Users of socio-health centers in Extremadura (Spain).
* Patients with neurological pathology diagnosed by a specialist doctor.
* Over 65 years of age
* Minimental State Examination with a score greater than or equal to 21 (mild-moderate cognitive impairment).

Exclusion Criteria

* Severe cognitive impairment
* Language impairment that prevents the use of verbal communication.
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Extremadura

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Elisa María Garrido Ardila

Clinical Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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University of Extremadura

Cáceres, , Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

Other Identifiers

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128/2018

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id