It is well acknowledged that the cardiac rehabilitation doesn’t change the past, but it can help to improve the cardiovascular health, also help to return to optimal fitness and function following an event like a heart attack. The success of rehabilitative therapy is related to the amount of exercise or practice the patient carries out. Rehabilitation therefore typically relies on the patient completing significant amounts of self-directed exercises in-between therapy sessions. However, low engagement and low adherence with those treatments are a known issue.

Socially Assistive Robotics (SAR) is a growing research area at the intersection of robotics, health science, psychology, social and cognitive science, focusing on assisting people through social interaction. Individuals in rehabilitation therapy could benefit of socially assistive technology. SAR can offer cost-effective methods for aiding recovery by maximizing the patient motivation both during and after structured rehabilitation.

Similarly, SAR has emerged as potential tool for cognitive and development disorders rehabilitation in children with autism. Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) present difficulties in visual contact, in the development of their social skills, especially using and interpreting verbal and nonverbal language, in physical interaction, in the recognition of emotions, among others. With the purpose of improving the manifestation of symptoms, as well as increasing pro-social behaviors such as: eye contact, shared attention and physical interaction, the SAR has been implemented in recent years.

Another scenario for the intervention of the SAR is physical rehabilitation to potentiate the benefits of rehabilitation therapies in adults with gait disorders, as is the case of physical rehabilitation assisted by Lokomat. The most relevant challenges in physical rehabilitation are adherence to the programs and multiple tasks performed by the therapist. With the purpose of improve the level of adherence, motivation, performance during the session and maximize the probability of success of the rehabilitation process, the SAR emerged as potential tool .

After the success of SORR2018, this second intenational seminar offers a opportunity for researchers from a variety of backgrounds (i.e. physiotherapist, psychologist, computer scientist, patients, medical staff, clinical researchers, industry) to discuss the potentials and limitations of using social robots in rehabilitation scenarios.

We invite all stakeholders to participate in this seminar to share their experiences on the requirements and challenges implementing and deploying robot coaches in rehabilitation scenarios that could motivate people to adhere.

This second intenational seminar is organized within the project “Evaluation of the impact of the intervention of a social robot on the cardiovascular responses of patients in the Cardiac Rehabilitation program of the Fundación Cardioinfantil-Instituto de Cardiología” SORCAR funded by Colciencias grant 813-2017.

All registrations include the registration kit (badge, notebook and pen), coffe break and parking-lot fees. The price list may be found below in Colombian pesos. The web site for online payment is included for each attendant category hereunder.

ORGANIZERS

• Carlos A. Cifuentes PhD (Colombian School of Engineering Julio Garavito)
• Marcela Múnera PhD (Colombian School of Engineering Julio Garavito)
• Nathalia Céspedes Gómez (Colombian School of Engineering Julio Garavito)
• Maria José Pinto Bernal (Colombian School of Engineering Julio Garavito)
• Laura Margarita Bautista Avellaneda (Colombian School of Engineering Julio Garavito)
• Andres Felipe Aguirre Fajardo (Colombian School of Engineering Julio Garavito)

CONTACT

For any question of the organization of the Seminar please contact us by mail.