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TDP02: Schedule Activity with PwD

Version 13.1 by Ioana Raducanu on 2025/04/04 15:10
ProblemThe  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 upkept further 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.

  1. Robot runs algorithm to see if any additional scheduled activities fit within PwD's schedule.
    1. if nothing no extention is possible, move to  Scene A: Displaying the Schedule
  2. Robot gives an option for further interaction, and schedule display.
  3. PwD makes a decision on will to engage;
    1. 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)
  4. Robot displays the appropriate schedule and walks PwD through it.
  5. Robot initiates scene B if pre-requisites for the scene are met (see Scene B: Adding extra activities with PwD);
    1. 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
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.

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