b. Design Scenario
Gerard de Boer suffers from Parkinson's with memory loss. He currently lives at the care home and waits for his relatives to visit him. Gerard has a feeling that his family should visit him soon, but he does not remember who and when. In the meanwhile, he has robot-assistant Pepper near his bed. He comes to the robot and touches the screen. Pepper asks Gerard to authenticate by looking at the camera and verifies him with facial recognition. Gerard sees the calendar and a record that today an hour later will come his daughter Joanna. He navigates toward the "Personas" section and looks for the name "Joanna". There Gerard sees that Joanna is his daughter, her picture, age, and basic information. Gerard now remembered Johanna, but now wants to remember what they were talking about last time. He navigates to the "Notes" section and sees what he has written the last time talking with his daughter: "Joanna told me that she will soon be looking for a new job and next time she will bring me a little present.". Gerard was happy to remember everything and now even more is waiting for Joanna.
After an hour his daughter comes in and looks at Pepper. Robot recognized her face and said: "Mr. Gerard, your daughter Joanna came to visit you.". Gerard and Joanna have a nice chat in which Gerard mentions that he recalls the gift that Joanna promised to bring. She is very happy that her father remembered this and gives him a pack of his favourite candies. Then Joanna walks away, Gerard approaches Pepper and selects an option to add notes on interaction with his daughter. Gerard selects "Voice controls", as he doesn't feel confident with the virtual keyboard. Gerard tells the robot what he would like to remember from this conversation and asks to put another record on the calendar. Gerard using his voice answers questions from the robot and creates an entry in the calendar when Joanna would come next time.
The same evening doctor comes to visit Gerard. The doctor mentions that there are new pills that Gerard will need to take on a daily basis. Gerard is afraid to forget what pills and when to drink. The doctor comes to Pepper and authenticates with the doctor's PIN code, he adds a recurring event to the calendar mentioning what pills and when to drink. The doctor also validates the general information of Gerard's relatives in case he has accidentally changed them. After the doctor walks away, Gerard remains confident that he will not miss drinking his medication as Pepper will remind him.
The next day, Gerard hears a sound from the Pepper. This sound is attached to the specific reminder, this time it was a reminder to drink pills. Afterwards, Gerard decides to play a reminder game, to test his memory. The game shows pictures of his relatives on one side and age, names, and roles on the other side. He needs to match the information on one side with pictures on the other side. As a clue, he can press on images of his relatives to hear a sound assigned to them, which might help him recognize a person.