Inclusivity is child's play: pilot study on usability, acceptability and user experience of a sensory-motor PC game for children with cerebral palsy (GiocAbile).

Background: The use of video games in rehabilitation settings is gaining increasing popularity. However, the lack of commercial video games suitable for children with disabilities and the disappointing user experience of serious games limit their applicability. The aim of this study was to assess the usability, acceptability and user experience of GiocAbile, an active video game for children with cerebral palsy (CP).

Socially interactive agents for robotic neurorehabilitation training: conceptualization and proof-of-concept study.

Introduction: Individuals with diverse motor abilities often benefit from intensive and specialized rehabilitation therapies aimed at enhancing their functional recovery. Nevertheless, the challenge lies in the restricted availability of neurorehabilitation professionals, hindering the effective delivery of the necessary level of care. Robotic devices hold great potential in reducing the dependence on medical personnel during therapy but, at the same time, they generally lack the crucial human interaction and motivation that traditional in-person sessions provide.

Gaze detection as a social cue to initiate natural human-robot collaboration in an assembly task.

In this work we explore a potential approach to improve human-robot collaboration experience by adapting cobot behavior based on natural cues from the operator. Inspired by the literature on human-human interactions, we conducted a wizard-of-oz study to examine whether a gaze towards the cobot can serve as a trigger for initiating joint activities in collaborative sessions. In this study, 37 participants engaged in an assembly task while their gaze behavior was analyzed.

Flow in human-robot collaboration-multimodal analysis and perceived challenge detection in industrial scenarios.

Flow state, the optimal experience resulting from the equilibrium between perceived challenge and skill level, has been extensively studied in various domains. However, its occurrence in industrial settings has remained relatively unexplored. Notably, the literature predominantly focuses on Flow within mentally demanding tasks, which differ significantly from industrial tasks.

Azure Kinect performance evaluation for human motion and upper limb biomechanical analysis.

Human motion tracking is a valuable task for many medical applications. Marker-based optoelectronic systems are considered the gold standard in human motion tracking. However, their use is not always feasible in clinics and industrial environments.