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TDP02: Schedule Activity with PwD

Version 11.1 by Ioana Raducanu on 2025/04/04 14:46

Problem	The Humanoid Robot has to process basic decision-making within the interaction of a Person with Dementia and possibly adapt the schedule (where interaction is directiy ). The schedule is also further upkept by the patient themselves as well as the Nurses/ Caregiver Personnel (for scheduled health services) beyond the design process of this course.
Solution Structure
Solution Description	All actors (humanoid robot, patient) are co-located. The external schedule-making (through the app) is not part of this Team Design Pattern. PwD initiates interaction Robot gives an option for further interaction, and schedule display. PwD makes a decision on will to engage; if they do not want to engage, the Robot reacts without judgement and moves from the current position in the scene, back to the original state (restart Scene A: Displaying the Schedule) Robot displays the appropriate schedule and walks PwD through it. Robot initiates scene B if pre-requisites for the scene are met (see Scene B: Adding extra activities with PwD); if the pre-requisites are not met the scene is restarted from the beginning (restart Scene A: Displaying the Schedule).
Human RQ	Patient: Communicate willingness to proceed with the interaction.
Machine RQ	RQ01.0: Personalise engagement based on willingness (stop/start) RQ02.0: Show the PwD's scedule RQ03.0: Clearly communicate the scedule verbally RQ04.0: Switch between functions (scenes)
Consequences	+ Offload of Nurse/ Caregiver Personnel repetitive interaction of reminding patients of their schedule so that (s)he can concentrate on other aspects of their jobs. - The schedule display is limited in seeing mistakes and making corrections, possibly leading to the miscommunication of actual tasks happening.
Grounding	Status: Proto Pattern. Instantiations: UC02: Schedule Activity with PwD.
Related Patterns	IDP