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NCT Number: NCT02779517

Mobile Service Robot for Task-Oriented Stroke Therapy: User Evaluations

By developing an affordable mobile service robot for therapeutic activities in a health center environment, this project addresses the issue of both the high cost and man-power required to provide rehabilitation for stroke survivors and other patients. Our goal is to measure users - clinician and patient - responses to a telepresence robot, VGo, that has been modified with a humanoid torso robot, NAO, to facilitate remote communication between the patient and clinician, and to complete supervisory exercise coaching.

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Key information

Conditions

Stroke Brain Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Cerebrovascular Disorders Nervous System Diseases Vascular Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Penn Medicine Rittenhouse

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19146, United States

About this study

This is a short demonstration and survey study. Clinical staff and patients will be gathered together and our idea for the mobile service robot will discussed. A demonstration of the telepresence feature of the robots and the NAO robot greeting and helping them with simple exercises will follow (e.g., pick up and object that is handy and lift their hands over their heads). The approximately 30-minute demonstration part of the study will start with an introduction and explanation about the project and a short speech about the Rehabilitation and Robotics Lab. After the demonstration the oral consent will be read and surveys will be handed out to those study participants who agree to complete them; if necessary, the research team will assist the study participant with the survey. Surveys will then be collected, and the group will be thanked by the research team.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Certified rehabilitation healthcare professionals
  • Participants with upper extremity disabilities
  • Participant must be older than 18 years

Exclusion criteria

-Less than 18 years of age

Treatment and study plan

Mobile Service Robot Survey

Other

The goal is to build a low-cost mobile service robot that will focus on the simple, but key, repetitive, data-driven tasks that robots do well. Rather than attempt to create a robot helper that mimics humans, the goal is to free human caregivers from the time-consuming tasks that robots can accomplish with facility, thereby allowing humans to focus on tasks that humans do best (i.e. human contact).

Mobile Service Robot Survey for Patients

Other

The goal is to build a low-cost mobile service robot that will focus on the simple, but key, repetitive, data-driven tasks that robots do well. Rather than attempt to create a robot helper that mimics humans, the goal is to free human caregivers from the time-consuming tasks that robots can accomplish with facility, thereby allowing humans to focus on tasks that humans do best (i.e. human contact). This survey differs in terms of design questions.

Primary outcomes

  1. Perception of the interaction with the robot

    Time frame: up to 1 week

    Perception of the robot measured by surveys administered to participants as well as by observation with the robot.

  2. Usability of the robot

    Time frame: up to 1 week

    Portability, ease of set up, cost, and appearance measured by surveys administered to participants as well as by observation with the robot.

  3. Sociability with the robot

    Time frame: up to 1 week

    Sociability of robot measured by surveys administered to participants as well as by observation with the robot.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Design requirements

    Time frame: up to 1 week

    Design requirements measured by surveys administered to participants as well as by observation with the robot.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Pennsylvania

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
May 20, 2016
Registry last updated
Jun 23, 2021

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