Socially assistive robots have been used in the care of elderly or dependent people, particularly with patients suffering from neurological diseases, like autism and dementia. There are some proposals, but there are no standardized mechanisms for assessing a particular robot’s suitability for specific therapy. This paper reports the evaluation of an acceptance test for assistive robots applied to people with dementia. The proposed test focuses on evaluating the suitability of a robot during therapy sessions. The test measures the rejection of the robot by the patient based on observational data. This test would recommend what kind of robot and what functionalities can be used in therapy. The novelty of this approach is the formalization of a specific validation process that only considers the reaction of the person to whom the robot is applied, and may be used more effectively than existing tests, which may not be adequate for evaluating assistance robots. The test’s feasibility was tested by applying it to a set of dementia patients in a specialized care facility.

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辅助机器人的验收测试。

社交辅助机器人已用于照顾老年人或受扶养人，特别是患有自闭症和痴呆症等神经系统疾病的患者。有一些建议，但是没有用于评估特定机器人对特定疗法的适用性的标准化机制。本文报告了针对痴呆症患者的辅助机器人的验收测试的评估。拟议的测试重点在于评估机器人在治疗过程中的适用性。该测试基于观察数据来测量患者对机器人的排斥反应。该测试将建议可以在治疗中使用哪种类型的机器人以及哪些功能。这种方法的新颖之处在于，特定验证过程的形式化，只考虑了应用机器人的人的反应，并且可以比现有测试更有效地使用，而这可能不足以评估辅助机器人。通过将其应用于专门护理机构中的一组痴呆症患者，测试了该测试的可行性。