Robotics and automation have the potential to significantly improve quality of life for people with assistive needs and their carers. Adoption of such technologies at this point in time is far from widespread. This paper presents a novel approach to the design of highly customisable robotic concepts, embracing modularity and a co-design process to increase the involvement of end-users in the development life cycle. We discuss this process within the context of an elderly care use case. Using design methodology and additive manufacturing, we outline how key stakeholders can be involved from initial conception through to integration of the final product within their environments. In future work, we will apply this process to demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach for improving long-term acceptance and trust of robotic technology in care contexts.

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辅助机器人与增材制造和信息物理模块化的协同设计以提高信任度

机器人技术和自动化有可能显着提高有辅助需求的人及其照顾者的生活质量。目前对此类技术的采用还远未普及。本文提出了一种设计高度可定制机器人概念的新方法，采用模块化和协同设计过程，以增加最终用户在开发生命周期中的参与度。我们在老年护理用例的背景下讨论这个过程。使用设计方法和增材制造，我们概述了从最初的概念到最终产品在其环境中的集成，关键利益相关者如何参与。在今后的工作中，