(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-10)
Pettinati, Michael J.; Arkin, Ronald C.
Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients with an expressive mask are
particularly vulnerable to stigmatization during interactions with their
caregivers due to their inability to express affect through nonverbal channels.
Our approach to uphold PD patient dignity is through the use of an ethical robot
that mediates patient shame when it recognizes norm violations in the patient-caregiver
interaction. This paper presents the basis for a computational model
tasked with computing patient shame and the empathetic response of a
caregiver during “empathetic opportunities” in their interaction. A PD patient is
liable to suffer indignity when there is a substantial difference between his
experienced shame and the empathy shown by the caregiver. When this
difference falls outside of acceptable set bounds (norms), the robotic agent will
act using subtle, nonverbal cues to guide the relationship back within these
bounds, preserving patient dignity.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015)
Arkin, Ronald C.; Velayudhan, Lakshmi; Pettinati, Michael J.
This paper presents an approach to apply mental rotations in the context of robot navigation in support of spatial advice-giving. It describes the motivation in terms of cognitive processing, the underlying architecture, and robotic results.