Schedule

In-Person Location: University Memorial Center (UMC) 417

March 11, 2024

9:00-9:10 am

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Workshop Organizers

9:10-9:40 am

Invited Speaker: Laurel Riek

"Cognitively Assistive Robots for People with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia" [Google Slides]

25 min + 5 min Q&A

9:40-10:10 am

Invited Speaker: Charlie Kemp

"Glimpses of a Future Where Mobile Manipulators Support Aging in Place" [Google Slides] [PDF Slides]

25 min + 5 min Q&A

10:10-10:25 am

Coffee Break

10:25-11:30 am

Spotlight Talks 

Part 1

10:25-10:30 "Co-Designing iCST with Social Robots for Long-Term In-Home Deployment for Persons with Dementia"

Emmanuel Akinrintoyo and Nicole Salomons ​


10:30-10:35 "Adaptive navigation of a smart walker with shared control for aging care" ​

Francesco Cancelliere, Andrea Borgese, Giuseppe Sutera, Dario Guastella and Giovanni Muscato    ​


10:35-10:40 "Conversational AI for Well-being and Safety in Older Age: Insights from Longitudinal and Participatory Studies" ​

Maria R. Lima and Ravi Vaidyanathan    ​


Part 1 Q&A  10:40-10:45

Part 2

10:45-10:50" 'I'm Glad You Remembered My Name!' Using Names and Gaze in Robot-Aided Healthy Aging Activities" ​

Ramya Challa, Jorge Ruballos and Naomi Fitter​


10:50-10:55 "Beyond Assistance: Early Findings on Robot-Mediated Communication for Older Adults and their Communication Partners" ​

Stephanie Arevalo Arboleda, Melisa Conde, Nicola Doering and Alexander Raake    ​


10:55-11:00 "Designing Social Robots that Engage Older Adults in Exercise: A Case Study"​

Victor Antony and Chien-Ming Huang    ​


Part 2 Q&A  11:00-11:05

Part 3

11:05-11:10 "The Role of Preventative Healthcare Robots in Successful Aging" ​

Elizabeth Ericksen and Katherine Shih    ​


11:10-11:15 "Towards the Development of Wound Care Robots: An Observational Study Outlining Robotic Design Needs for Wound Care" ​

Zulekha Karachiwalla, Ellen Lee, Andrew Dierkes, Zackory Erickson and Henny Admoni   ​


11:15-11:20 "Towards Leveraging End-User Knowledge for Long-Term Use of Robots in Care Facilities" 

​Laura Stegner, Yuna Hwang, David Porfirio, Bilge Mutlu​


Part 3 Q&A  11:20-11:25


11:30-12:10 pm

Invited Speaker Panel Discussion

Laurel Riek

Charlie Kemp

Zackory Erickson

Jesus Favela

12:10-12:55 pm

Poster Session

12:55-1:00 pm

Closing Remarks