TDP: Human-Robot Group Game Management

Version 2.1 by Dongxu Lu on 2022/09/08 23:06

Problem	The Activity Coordinator and Humanoid Robot have to manage the interactive game play and emerging social behaviors of a group of vulnerable game participants such as Person with Dementia. The allocation of tasks should be harmonized to the momentary capacities of the coordinator and robot, the varying needs of the players, and to the context. Pausing the game is part of the game management, as a mitigation strategy for prevention and handling of troubles that appear during the game play.
Solution Structure
Solution Description	All actors (activity coordinator, humanoid robot, players) are co-located. Robot leads the game (i.e., is the game master, GM). Vulnerable game participants play the game (i.e., are the players, PL). Robot reflects on game play. Activity coordinator (CO) supervises players' state and engagement; if (s)he identifies risks for troubles to appear, the coordinator initiates a takeover from scene A (Active) to B (Pause). if (s)he recognizes that the risk for troubles disappeared, the coordinator initiates a takeover (from scene B to A) Activity coordinator starts and leads a social activity, Players socialize under the guidance of the activity coordinator. Robot engages in small talk.
Human RQ	Player: Show perceptual and cognitive capabilities to play the game. Coordinator: Know the vulnerabilities of the players (memory). Show perceptual and cognitive skills to identify and mitigate risks for troubles in the game play.
Machine RQ	RQ01.0: Lead the bingo game RQ02.0: Personalize game assignments RQ03.0: Reflect on game performance RQ04.0: Respond to players conversations.
Consequences	+ Offload of coordinator so that (s)he can concentrate on advancing players individual and social experiences. - The game play may be constrained by robot's limitations to sense and understand players' game experience
Grounding	Status: Proto Pattern. Instantiations: UC01.0: Music Bingo.
Related Patterns	IDP: Title