Engaging Healthcare Providers to Design a Robot for Telehealth

Travis Kadylak; Naveen Uppalapati; Asif Huq; Girish Krishnan; Wendy A. Rogers

doi:10.1177/10648046231193287

Engaging Healthcare Providers to Design a Robot for Telehealth

Travis Kadylak, Naveen Uppalapati, Asif Huq, Girish Krishnan, Wendy A. Rogers

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The widespread adoption of telehealth robots remains in the future because home healthcare robot designs do not yet meet healthcare providers’ needs. We explored the potential for a hybrid rigid-soft robot for telehealth. An interdisciplinary team (engineering, human factors, health care) designed a prototype robot with potential to perform telehealth tasks within a home environment. We conducted an exploratory evaluation with healthcare providers to assess their perceptions, ideas for use cases, and design requirements. This research provides design guidance for telehealth robotics and illustrates the potential for a hybrid rigid-soft robot to support healthcare providers to conduct in-home patient evaluations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	64-72
Number of pages	9
Journal	Ergonomics in Design
Volume	33
Issue number	2
Early online date	Sep 6 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/10648046231193287
State	Published - Apr 2025

Keywords

exploratory evaluation
human–robot interaction
telehealth robotics

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Human Factors and Ergonomics
General Engineering

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