A critical narrative review of assistive robotics and call for a systems and user-centered approaches to enhance quality of life of individuals with disabilities
Frennert, Susanne LU
; Persson, Johanna
LU
and Skavron, Sarah
LU
(2024)
NordiChi 2024
- Abstract
- Background: Despite the rapid pace of assistive robotics development, adoption of these has been limited. This raises questions such as: What contributes to this low uptake? What strategies could be employed to increase uptake? What guidance can be found in the literature to inform alternative approaches or directions for development?
Objective: This critical narrative review sheds light on the de- velopment of assistive robotics technology for individuals with disabilities. We explore factors contributing to the low uptake of assistive robotics technology and propose alternative approaches
for increased adoption.
Methods: We identified and reviewed 73 relevant publications.
Results: The... (More) - Background: Despite the rapid pace of assistive robotics development, adoption of these has been limited. This raises questions such as: What contributes to this low uptake? What strategies could be employed to increase uptake? What guidance can be found in the literature to inform alternative approaches or directions for development?
Objective: This critical narrative review sheds light on the de- velopment of assistive robotics technology for individuals with disabilities. We explore factors contributing to the low uptake of assistive robotics technology and propose alternative approaches
for increased adoption.
Methods: We identified and reviewed 73 relevant publications.
Results: The findings of the review indicate that to increase uptake of assistive robotics technology, a systems approach that consider factors at different levels, micro, meso, and macro, might be necessary. While user involvement has been highlighted as crucial, it does not automatically translate into higher uptake. The
impact of user feedback on the design process is often unclear or not portrayed.
Conclusion: This critical narrative review identified a growing recognition of the importance of involving users in the design process, however there is still a long way to go to ensure that designs are truly user-centered. The review identifies several gaps and shortcomings in current approaches in the evaluation and development of assistive robotics technologies, including a narrow focus on usability and safety, and the absence of detailed information on how and if the users feedback impacts the design. (Less) - Abstract (Swedish)
- Background: Despite the rapid pace of assistive robotics development, adoption of these has been limited. This raises questions such as: What contributes to this low uptake? What strategies could be employed to increase uptake? What guidance can be found in the literature to inform alternative approaches or directions for development?
Objective: This critical narrative review sheds light on the development of assistive robotics technology for individuals with disabilities. We explore factors contributing to the low uptake of assistive robotics technology and propose alternative approaches for increased adoption.
Methods: We identified and reviewed 73 relevant publications.
Results: The findings of the review indicate that to... (More) - Background: Despite the rapid pace of assistive robotics development, adoption of these has been limited. This raises questions such as: What contributes to this low uptake? What strategies could be employed to increase uptake? What guidance can be found in the literature to inform alternative approaches or directions for development?
Objective: This critical narrative review sheds light on the development of assistive robotics technology for individuals with disabilities. We explore factors contributing to the low uptake of assistive robotics technology and propose alternative approaches for increased adoption.
Methods: We identified and reviewed 73 relevant publications.
Results: The findings of the review indicate that to increase uptake of assistive robotics technology, a systems approach that consider factors at different levels—micro, meso, and macro—might be necessary. While user involvement has been highlighted as crucial, it does not automatically translate into higher uptake. The impact of user feedback on the design process is often unclear or not portrayed.
Conclusion: This critical narrative review identified a growing recognition of the importance of involving users in the design process, however there is still a long way to go to ensure that designs are truly user-centered. The review identifies several gaps and shortcomings in current approaches in the evaluation and development of assistive robotics technologies, including a narrow focus on usability and safety, and the absence of detailed information on how and if the users feedback impacts the design. (Less)
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- author
- Frennert, Susanne
LU
; Persson, Johanna
LU
and Skavron, Sarah
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2024-10-13
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Assistive robotics technologies, Ccritical narrative review, User needs, Key acceptance factors, Gender perspective, Ethics
- host publication
- NordiCHI '24 Adjunct : adjunct proceedings of the 2024 Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - adjunct proceedings of the 2024 Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
- pages
- 11 pages
- conference name
- NordiChi 2024
- conference location
- Uppsala, Sweden
- conference dates
- 2024-10-13 - 2024-10-16
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85206563588
- DOI
- 10.1145/3677045.3685495
- project
- HUMAN-ROBOT SENSORIMOTOR AUGMENTATION - WEARABLE SENSORIMOTOR INTERFACES AND SUPERNUMERARY ROBOTIC LIMBS FOR HUMANS WITH UPPER-LIMB DISABILITIES
- language
- English
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abstract = {{Background: Despite the rapid pace of assistive robotics development, adoption of these has been limited. This raises questions such as: What contributes to this low uptake? What strategies could be employed to increase uptake? What guidance can be found in the literature to inform alternative approaches or directions for development?<br/><br/><br/>Objective: This critical narrative review sheds light on the de- velopment of assistive robotics technology for individuals with disabilities. We explore factors contributing to the low uptake of assistive robotics technology and propose alternative approaches<br/>for increased adoption.<br/><br/><br/>Methods: We identified and reviewed 73 relevant publications.<br/><br/><br/>Results: The findings of the review indicate that to increase uptake of assistive robotics technology, a systems approach that consider factors at different levels, micro, meso, and macro, might be necessary. While user involvement has been highlighted as crucial, it does not automatically translate into higher uptake. The<br/>impact of user feedback on the design process is often unclear or not portrayed.<br/><br/><br/>Conclusion: This critical narrative review identified a growing recognition of the importance of involving users in the design process, however there is still a long way to go to ensure that designs are truly user-centered. The review identifies several gaps and shortcomings in current approaches in the evaluation and development of assistive robotics technologies, including a narrow focus on usability and safety, and the absence of detailed information on how and if the users feedback impacts the design.}},
author = {{Frennert, Susanne and Persson, Johanna and Skavron, Sarah}},
booktitle = {{NordiCHI '24 Adjunct : adjunct proceedings of the 2024 Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction}},
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