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1. Situated Activities

Version 16.1 by Diederik Heijbroek on 2024/02/29 09:56

In this section we will discuss in which environment NAO will be situated. Additionally, we will summarise NAO's concrete functionalities based on phase 1 to phase 3.

Environment(s)

Main subject

  • People medically diagnosed with early-stage dementia (henceforth, subjects).

How does the design solution help to solve the problems of a subject with early-stage dementia?

  • Through human interactions, NAO helps the subject. 
  • NAO achieves a natural flow of conversation between itself and the subject.
  • The subject is accustomed to the presence of NAO and is comfortable to ask questions and have a conversation.
  • NAO's primary goal is to be able to answer questions about the subject's relatives.
  • In the extension phase, additional features implemented for more types of conversation and to become more of an assistant. 

In what environment can NAO be implemented?

  • NAO will be stationed in a room where the subjects spend most of their day.
  • NAO also exists in the 'online' world, in the sense that the guardian can access and update the NAO's encyclopedia.
  • In the extension phase, an additional feature could be that the subject can have conversations with NAO in multiple rooms by connecting to a Google Home and speaker system.

Activities

Phase 1

  • The guardian of the subject fills out a form with questions about the subject's relatives.
  • NAO will have its first conversations with the guardian to populate the encyclopedia.
  • The guardian will place NAO will be placed in the room where the subject spends most of their time, with consent of the subject.

Phase 2

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TODO: limit to summarized concrete functionalities

Considering the previous section, we need to specify on which specific times of the day or during specific events in the patient subject's life the robot can be used. It would help to have the robot "always on", but this can cause a lot of privacy issues (if the robot would have a microphone / camera). We should read literature about the setting on when and where NAO can be used. 

  • When NAO detects that the subject is present in the room, talk to the person.
  • When the subject is used for NAO to be present, interact when specific questions are asked.
  • When the subject is used for NAO to be present, NAO can come up with questions or start a basic conversation which could lead to reduce anxiety and stress.
  • When the subject is visited, NAO can interact in the conversation to reduce anxiety and stress.