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Socially assitive child - robot interaction in physical exercise coaching

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dc.contributor Graduate Program in Computer Engineering.
dc.contributor.advisor Arnrich, Bert.
dc.contributor.author Güneysu, Arzu.
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-16T10:02:19Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-16T10:02:19Z
dc.date.issued 2016.
dc.identifier.other CMPE 2016 G86
dc.identifier.uri http://digitalarchive.boun.edu.tr/handle/123456789/12313
dc.description.abstract The main contribution of this thesis is the design and implementation of an autonomous socially assistive human robot interaction system to engage children in performing several physical exercise motions by providing real-time feedback, guidance, and encouragement. Preliminary o ine tests were done within a rehabilitation therapy context but since the potential of the system to encourage such exercise activities is beyond the physical therapy elds, we designed an online system to behave as an exercise coach that can motivate children to start and continue improving their health and become physically active. The online system was tested in several preliminary experiments with an exercise coach and children during the design process. Furthermore, an experimental study was conducted with 19 healthy children aged between 4 and 12 to test the feasibility and the e ectiveness of our online Socially Assistive Robotic (SAR) exercise system across a variety of performance and evaluation measures. The results of the study validate the e ectiveness of the system in motivating and helping children to complete physical exercises. The children engaged in physical exercise throughout the interaction sessions with a robot coach and rated the interaction highly in terms of enjoyableness, and rated the robot exercise coach highly in terms of social attraction, social presence, and companionship via a questionnaire answered after each session.
dc.format.extent 30 cm.
dc.publisher Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2016.
dc.subject.lcsh Children with social disabilities.
dc.subject.lcsh Assistive computer technology.
dc.title Socially assitive child - robot interaction in physical exercise coaching
dc.format.pages xvi, 72 leaves ;


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