Visible to the public Changes in Heart Rate and Feeling of Safety When Led by a Rehabilitation Robot

TitleChanges in Heart Rate and Feeling of Safety When Led by a Rehabilitation Robot
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2019
AuthorsNielsen, C., Mathiesen, M., Nielsen, J., Jensen, L. C.
Conference Name2019 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
Date Publishedmar
KeywordsAtmospheric measurements, cardiology, Heart rate, Human Behavior, human factors, human robot interaction, human-robot interaction, medical human-robot interaction, medical robotics, Particle measurements, patient rehabilitation, pubcrawl, rehabilitation robot, Rehabilitation robotics, resilience, Resiliency, Robot Trust, robust trust, Safety, Trust, Universal RoboTrainer
Abstract

Trust is an important topic in medical human-robot interaction, since patients may be more fragile than other groups of people. This paper investigates the issue of users' trust when interacting with a rehabilitation robot. In the study, we investigate participants' heart rate and perception of safety in a scenario when their arm is led by the rehabilitation robot in two types of exercises at three different velocities. The participants' heart rate are measured during each exercise and the participants are asked how safe they feel after each exercise. The results showed that velocity and type of exercise has no significant influence on the participants' heart rate, but they do have significant influence on how safe they feel. We found that increasing velocity and longer exercises negatively influence participants' perception of safety.

DOI10.1109/HRI.2019.8673165
Citation Keynielsen_changes_2019