ABOUT THE SEMINAR
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.
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the cause of 17.7 million deaths every year, approximately 31 % of all deaths worldwide. In the same way, in 2015, CVDs lead the causes of the death in the world: stroke (6.24 million deaths) and ischemic heart disease (8.76 million deaths). In addition, more than 75 % of CVDs occur in low- and middle-income countries.
In Colombia, CVDs are the first cause of death. The percentage of people in Colombia with CVDs will increase (with a general mortality rate if 6.9 %), by the year 2000 onward, 96000 people will die. Of every 100 deaths from CVD in Colombia, 37 are due to acute myocardial infarction, 25 due to heart failure, 22 due to cerebrovascular disease and 10 due to hypertension.
Moreover, exercise training is strongly recommended for prevention and treatment of pathologies with high prevalence such as cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Hence, cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is commonly used to prevent CVDs or to treat a patient post a CVD event to enhance the quality of life of the patients. The CR treatment can be considered as a tool to enhance the quality of life of patients who have suffered a CVD and as a prevention tool. CR is related to physical activities or exercises for improving physical and mental levels aiming to recover an optimal daily living.
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.
EARLY REGISTRATION
October 18th, 2019
SEMINAR DAY
October 31st, 2019
INVITED SPEAKERS
He is an associate Professor at the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Product Design of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at Ghent University, Belgium. He received his M.S. degree in Industrial Science ICT at DeNayer Institute (now KULeuven) in 2003 and an additional M.S. degree in Product Development at Artesis (now UAntwerpen) in 2005. In 2009, he received his Ph.D. at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel on the design and development of the social robot Probo.
From 2010, he was lecturer in Industrial Design at the Howest University College West Flanders. Since 2013 he is appointed as Assistant Professor Industrial Design at Ghent University and since 2014 steering member of Flanders Make VD4. Jelle Saldien is co-author of over 50 technical publications, proceedings, editorials and books. His research interests include mechatronic design, interaction design, human computer interaction and social robotics.
PROGRAM
7:30 - 8:15
8:15 - 8:30
8:30 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:30
13:30 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:30
14:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 - 17:00
Registration of participants
Introduction from the organizers
Workshop I: Building the OPSORO social robot
Coffee Break
Workshop II: Programming your NAO robot
Lunch Break
Social Robotics for Cardiac Rehabilitation MSc(s). Eng. Nathalia Céspedes
Social Robotics for Gait Rehabilitation MSc(s). Eng. Laura Margarita Bautista
Coffee Break
RG Media, Innovation and Communication Technologies Prof. Jelle Saldien
Social Robotics for ASD therapy MSc(s). Eng. María José Pinto Bernal
Wrap up and Farewell
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
OPSORO is an open platform for the development and creation of social robots with a focus on face-to-face interaction. In this workshop you will be able to develop your own social robot.
OPSORO is a new technology in the field of robotics, accessible and attractive to the general public.
Programming your NAO robot
(MSc. Eng. Nathalia Céspedes Gómez)
NAO is a small humanoid robot often used to experiment in Human- Robot Interface. In this workshop we will show you how to program behaviours using Choregraphe, a graphical programming interface. You will learn behaviours that use vision processing, dialogues, sound and movements.
REGISTRATION
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.
By October 18th
$40.000 COP
$31.000 COP
$25.000 COP
Event day
$60.000 COP
$51.000 COP
$45.000 COP
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)
MEDIA AND MATERIALS
CONTACT
For any question of the organization of the Seminar please contact us by mail.
- AK.45 No.205-59 (North Highway)
- Contact center: +57(1) 668 3600
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- Detailed information at: www.escuelaing.edu.co
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- Bogotá, D.C. - Colombia
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