A team of researchers from the University of Tennessee are working together to build a smart robot for people who need assistance with daily activities. We are looking for participants to take part in an experimental study where a humanoid robot will guide you to perform 9 simple tasks associated with daily activities. The purpose of this study is to learn techniques of human-robot interaction during daily routine activities. The study will help robots identify individuals’ potential moments for help with daily tasks, and thus provide assistance accordingly. Your participation in the study is completely voluntary
If you agree to be in this study, we will invite you to the Smart Home at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. An Empatica E4 smartwatch will be placed on your wrist. Then, a humanlike robot will provide instructions for you to perform the tasks of bed mobility, changing bed linen, cleaning your teeth, using the telephone, managing medication, obtaining information from the radio and a poster, checking the safety of the environment, sweeping, and making a sandwich. We will audio and video record you while performing these tasks. The study will take no more than 3 hours. Your participation will help us build better robots to assist people in their daily activities in the future.
We will make every effort to prevent anyone who is not on the research team from knowing that you gave us information or what information came from you. This experiment involves minimal risks that are no greater than those encountered in everyday life. At any point during the experiment, you can choose to take breaks as long as you like or stop the experiment.
If you choose to complete the screening survey, please click the link:
For more information please contact: Xiaopeng Zhao, Professor
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN 37996
email: xzhao9@utk.edu
UTK IRB-21-06514-FB