A remote social robot to motivate and support diabetic children in keeping a diary

Esther J G Van Der Drift; Robbert Jan Beun; Rosemarijn Looije; Oliver A Blanson Henkemans; Mark A. Neerincx

doi:10.1145/2559636.2559664

A remote social robot to motivate and support diabetic children in keeping a diary

Esther J G Van Der Drift, Robbert Jan Beun, Rosemarijn Looije, Oliver A Blanson Henkemans, Mark A. Neerincx

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Abstract

Children with diabetes can benefit from keeping a diary, but seldom keep one. Within the European ALIZ-E project a robot companion is being developed that, among other things, will be able to support and motivate diabetic children to keep a diary. This paper discusses the study of a robot supporting the use of an online diary. Diabetic children kept an online diary for two weeks, both with and without remote support from the robot via webcam. The effect of the robot was studied on children's use of the diary and their relationship with the robot. Results show that children shared significantly more personal experiences in their diaries when they were interacting with the robot. Furthermore, they greatly enjoyed working with the robot and came to see it as a helpful and supportive friend.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	463-470
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9781450326582
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2559636.2559664
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014
Event	9th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2014 - Bielefeld, Germany Duration: 3 Mar 2014 → 6 Mar 2014

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Conference	9th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2014
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Bielefeld
Period	3/03/14 → 6/03/14

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HRI '14 Proceedings of the 2014 ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction

Keywords

Adherence
Bonding
Child-robot interaction
Compliance
Diabetes
Diary
Embodiment
Engagement
Human-robot interaction
Relationship
Remote robot
Social robot

UN SDGs

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Van Der Drift, EJG, Beun, RJ, Looije, R, Henkemans, OAB & Neerincx, MA 2014, A remote social robot to motivate and support diabetic children in keeping a diary. in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. IEEE, pp. 463-470, 9th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2014, Bielefeld, Germany, 3/03/14. https://doi.org/10.1145/2559636.2559664

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A remote social robot to motivate and support diabetic children in keeping a diary

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