scholarly journals Android Robots as Telepresence Media

Robotics ◽  
2013 ◽  
pp. 1319-1327
Author(s):  
Kohei Ogawa ◽  
Shuichi Nishio ◽  
Takashi Minato ◽  
Hiroshi Ishiguro
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
Physical Interaction ◽  
Communication Medium ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Natural Conversation ◽  
Conference System ◽  
As If

In this chapter, the authors describe two human-like android robots, known as Geminoid and Telenoid, which they have developed. Geminoid was developed for two reasons: (1) to explore how humans react or respond the android during face-to-face communication and (2) to investigate the advantages of the android as a communication medium compared to traditional communication media, such as the telephone or the television conference system. The authors conducted two experiments: the first was targeted to an interlocutor of Geminoid, and the second was targeted to an operator of it. The results of these experiments showed that Geminoid could emulate a human’s presence in a natural-conversation situation. Additionally, Geminoid could be as persuasive to the interlocutor as a human. The operators of Geminoid were also influenced by the android: during operation, they felt as if their bodies were one and the same with the Geminoid body. The latest challenge has been to develop Telenoid, an android with a more abstract appearance than Geminoid, which looks and behaves as a minimalistic human. At first glance, Telenoid resembles a human; however, its appearance can be interpreted as any sex or any age. Two field experiments were conducted with Telenoid. The results of these experiments showed that Telenoid could be an acceptable communication medium for both young and elderly people. In particular, physical interaction, such as a hug, positively affected the experience of communicating with Telenoid.

Android Robots as Telepresence Media

2013 ◽  
pp. 54-63
Author(s):  
Kohei Ogawa ◽  
Shuichi Nishio ◽  
Takashi Minato ◽  
Hiroshi Ishiguro
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
Physical Interaction ◽  
Communication Medium ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Natural Conversation ◽  
Conference System ◽  
As If

In this chapter, the authors describe two human-like android robots, known as Geminoid and Telenoid, which they have developed. Geminoid was developed for two reasons: (1) to explore how humans react or respond the android during face-to-face communication and (2) to investigate the advantages of the android as a communication medium compared to traditional communication media, such as the telephone or the television conference system. The authors conducted two experiments: the first was targeted to an interlocutor of Geminoid, and the second was targeted to an operator of it. The results of these experiments showed that Geminoid could emulate a human’s presence in a natural-conversation situation. Additionally, Geminoid could be as persuasive to the interlocutor as a human. The operators of Geminoid were also influenced by the android: during operation, they felt as if their bodies were one and the same with the Geminoid body. The latest challenge has been to develop Telenoid, an android with a more abstract appearance than Geminoid, which looks and behaves as a minimalistic human. At first glance, Telenoid resembles a human; however, its appearance can be interpreted as any sex or any age. Two field experiments were conducted with Telenoid. The results of these experiments showed that Telenoid could be an acceptable communication medium for both young and elderly people. In particular, physical interaction, such as a hug, positively affected the experience of communicating with Telenoid.

Instant messaging or face-to-face? How choice of communication medium affects team collaboration environments

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun M Tang ◽  
Adrian Bradshaw
Keyword(s):  
Digital Communication ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
Nonverbal Cues ◽  
Communication Effectiveness ◽  
Communication Medium ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Team Projects ◽  
Project Objectives

Working on team projects is a common feature in higher education as a way to foster team learning and collaboration. For a team to work well towards achieving project objectives, it is important that there is effective team communication. Conventionally, face-to-face interactions allow students to interact with each other in multiple communication channels, simultaneously sending and receiving verbal and nonverbal messages in real time. Today, modern mobile technology offers students a variety of alternative digital communication media for collaboration. Unlike a full-channel communication medium such as the face-to-face interaction, a digital communication medium like instant messaging does not normally transmit nonverbal cues. As a result, to compensate for insufficient nonverbal cues, users of instant messaging services have to put more effort and time into understanding each other. If more effort and time is required to understand each other better, then why is it that today’s students prefer instant messaging to face-to-face interactions for collaborative project work? To answer this question, this study conducted a questionnaire survey to collect responses from university students who have been involved in team projects. This study analysed students’ copresence (a second-order formative construct consisting of two first-order constructs: self-copresence and partner-copresence) and its relationships with media satisfaction and communication effectiveness. It investigated whether these relationships differed between the students who used instant messaging and those who used face-to-face interactions. In addition, this study also examined whether media satisfaction played a mediating role between copresence and communication effectiveness. The findings of this study could help explain how different communication media can facilitate teamwork in collaborative learning environments.

Multi-Modal Interaction Through Anthropomorphically Designed Communication Medium to Enhance the Self-Disclosures of Personal Information

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-85
Author(s):  
Nobuhiro Jinnai ◽  
Hidenobu Sumioka ◽  
Takashi Minato ◽  
Hiroshi Ishiguro ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personal Information ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
Communication Medium ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Conversation Partner ◽  
The Relationship

Although current communication media facilitate interactions among individuals, researchers have warned that human relationships built through these media tend to lack the level of intimacy acquired through face-to-face communications. In this study, we investigate how the long-term use of humanlike communication media affects the development of intimate relationships between human users. We examine changes in the relationship between individuals while they converse with each other through humanlike communication media or mobile phones for approximately a month. The intimacy of their relationship was evaluated using the amount of self-disclosed personal information. The result shows that a significantly greater amount of self-disclosure is made through a communication medium with humanlike appearance and soft material compared with the use of a typical mobile phone. The amount of self-disclosure showed cyclic variation in the experiment through humanlike communication media. Furthermore, we discuss a possible underlying mechanism of this effect from the misattribution of a feeling caused by intimate distance with the medium to a conversation partner.

Barriers to self-care in elderly people with hypertension: a qualitative study

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 243-251
Author(s):  
Hanieh Gholamnejad ◽  
Ali Darvishpoor Kakhki ◽  
Fazlollah Ahmadi ◽  
Camelia Rohani
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Common Chronic Disease ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Purposeful Sampling ◽  
Data Saturation ◽  
Conventional Content Analysis

Purpose Hypertension is the most common chronic disease throughout the world. Self-care is the key criteria in determining the final course of the disease. However, the majority of elderly people do not observe self-care behaviors. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the experiences of elderly people with hypertension in order to understand the barriers of their self-care behaviors. Design/methodology/approach This is a qualitative study with a conventional content analysis approach conducted in Tehran, Iran in 2017. Data collection was done among 23 participants – 14 elderly people; 6 cardiologists, geriatric physicians and nurses working in the cardiovascular ward; and 3 caregivers – who were selected by purposeful sampling. Using semi-structured, face-to-face interviews, data collection was continued until data saturation. Findings Three main categories, including attitude limitations, inefficient supportive network and desperation, all showed barriers to self-care by the experiences of elderly people with hypertension. Originality/value Lack of knowledge of the disease and its treatment process is one of the main barriers to self-care in elderly people with hypertension. Deficient supportive resources along with economic and family problems exacerbate the failure to do self-care behaviors.

scholarly journals Communications Preferences Among International Students: Strategies for Creating Optimal Engagement in Programs and Services

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ravichandran Ammigan ◽  
Kaitlyn N Laws
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
International Students ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Communication Patterns ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
Diverse Populations ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Types Of Information ◽  
Student Audience

As U.S. institutions continue to welcome larger and more diverse populations of international students, campus support offices are also expected to adjust their programming and outreach strategies to engage a wider student audience and provide them with key information and services. This quantitative study examines the communications preferences of degree-seeking international students enrolled in a mid-size U.S. university. It specifically investigates students’ preferred methods of communication, patterns and frequency in sending and receiving messages, and the types of information they prefer to be informed of. The survey also looks across a number of communication media including email, social media, print communications, and face-to-face interactions to better understand how resources may be directed to individual channels. The authors argue that the most impactful engagement model requires an accompanying, analytics-driven communications strategy to support international students during their stay on campus

Augmented Reality Framework for the Socialization between Elderly People

2013 ◽  
pp. 430-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Almeida ◽  
Paulo Menezes ◽  
Jorge Dias
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Artificial Vision ◽  
Spatial Audio ◽  
Measurement Instruments ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Mind And Body

The socialization between elderly people assumes a key role on their mind and body well-being while loneliness expects to be one of major problems of our increasing age society. This research aims to study and develop a framework to support elderly people socialization when they are confined to their homes for some reason. It can be also adequate for people following some neurological or physical rehabilitation treatment remotely or monitoring behaviors in order to prevent potential diseases. This work proposes a framework that supports the socialization through Augmented Reality (AR) based on telepresence. The aim is a low cost solution that enables users to communicate and interact remotely, experiencing the benefits of a face-to-face meeting. The authors explore computers graphics, spatial audio, and artificial vision to induce sensations of being physical in the presence of other people and exploit the potential activities that such frameworks enable. TV and phones are elderly common companion devices that should be complementarily used with emergent AR technologies to enhance and create the remote presence feeling, minimizing the loneliness. Inspired by Virtual Reality (VR) studies, one of the authors’ goals is to explore if VR presence measurement instruments are useful in the AR context by reviewing literature on the area.

Communication Security Technologies in Smart Organizations

2011 ◽  
pp. 333-353
Author(s):  
Raphael C.W. Phan
Keyword(s):  
Information Age ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
Communication Security ◽  
Communication Medium ◽  
Security Technologies ◽  
Current Information ◽  
Business Establishment

In this chapter, we discuss the security technologies that are important in guaranteeing the good quality of communication within smart organizations. We first briefly review the various forms of communication that can be used in the current information age, before outlining the possible threats that can be faced in each communication medium. We then describe the relevant security technologies that help to protect communication media from common threats, as well as the security tools available in the market that implement these technologies. The topics discussed in this chapter would serve to educate the smart organizations towards securing their various means of communication, which is vital for a business establishment to exist and coexist with peers and partners.

Measuring the Poverty of Elderly People with Needs Analysis in Turkey

2015 ◽  
pp. 127-146
Author(s):  
Emine Özmete
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Needs Analysis ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Nations Development

This study aimed to analyze the economic, social, and cultural needs of elderly people to determine the poverty thereof in Ankara (the capital city of Turkey).The economic, social, and cultural needs of individuals, which are among the indicators taken into consideration by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in measurement of human poverty index, were subject to research in measurement of poverty of elderly people. Face-to-face surveys were conducted with individuals over 65 years of age in the study, with 2.522 surveys qualified for evaluation. It was seen that the majority of elderly people were covered by social security. The elderly people reported their health to be good. They stated satisfaction regarding interindividual relationships with regard to social needs. However, it was concluded that the income of elderly people was not sufficient, and that they could not sufficiently afford electrical power and water invoices, medicine, food, and clothing expenses.

The Self-Regulatory Focus as a Determinant of Perceived Richness of a Communication Medium

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicenc Fernandez ◽  
Xavier Armengol ◽  
Pep Simo
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
The Self ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
Regulatory Focus Theory ◽  
Communication Medium ◽  
Expansion Theory ◽  
Channel Expansion ◽  
Focus Theory

At present, a large number of theories exist which explain the process for choosing communication media in organizations. Channel expansion theory combines a large part of the theoretical foundation for these theories, suggesting that the perceived richness of a communication medium varies according to experience based on the knowledge of the organization’s members. Equally, Regulatory Focus Theory also suggests that individuals behave in a different way when their self regulation states are different. This investigation intends to present a set of proposals based on the existing literature about how strategy type /focus (promotion and prevention) affects the perception of the richness of a communication medium, increasing the explanatory capacity of channel expansion theory.

Videoconferencing in facilities providing care for elderly people

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 22-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare Guilfoyle ◽  
Richard Wootton ◽  
Stacey Hassall ◽  
Jan Offer ◽  
Margo Warren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
The Other ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Care Plans

summary Two studies were conducted to test the feasibility of delivering care by videoconferencing to facilities providing care for elderly people. Both used equipment connected by ISDN lines at 384 kbit/s. During the first study, no consultations, care plans or assessments were conducted. During the second study, 120 assessments were conducted in just over two weeks, both face to face and by videoconference. Why was one project so successful and the other not? The reasons related to ownership, planning, participants and location. A comparison of the two projects highlights some of the considerations necessary to ensure the success of any telehealth project.

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