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Robot-assisted language assessment: development and evaluation of feasibility and usability
- Title
- Robot-assisted language assessment: development and evaluation of feasibility and usability
- Authors
- Seok; Sukyung; Choi; Sujin; Kim; Kimun; Jongsuk; Sung; Jee Eun; Lim; Yoonseob
- Ewha Authors
- 성지은
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 성지은
- Issue Date
- 2024
- Journal Title
- Intelligent Service Robotics
- ISSN
- 1861-2776
- Citation
- Intelligent Service Robotics vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 303 - 313
- Keywords
- Human–robot interaction (HRI); Robotic cognitive/language assessment; Sentence comprehension test (SCT); Service robotics
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Many studies have shown that robots can provide medical help to patients, such as supporting physical movements, managing mood, or simulating cognitive function. However, robotic cognitive/language assessment, which is vital for mental health care, has not been fully explored and is limited to only a few types of assessment. The aim of this study is to present and evaluate a social robot equipped with a web-based language assessment for sentence comprehension test (SCT) with a dialogue system involving yes/no questions. A total of 50 participants took the test with 36 items conducted by a robot (robot-SCT), while a total of 55 participants took the same test but conducted by a human examiner (human-SCT). Comparative analyses were performed to evaluate the validity of the robot-SCT in terms of test scores and time-related measures. Usability was evaluated through the system usability score and interview feedback. With regard to the validity of the robot-SCT, the test scores indicated no significant differences between the robot-SCT and human-SCT. In addition, conditional differences in reaction time for the test items were observed, similar to the previous paper-and-pencil researches. The high system usability scores (i.e., mean = 78.5, SD = 11) demonstrated the high usability of the robot-SCT. This study demonstrates the validity and usability of robotic language assessment among normal adults. However, further evaluation is required for people with dementia or mild cognitive impairment. © The Author(s) 2024.
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11370-023-00505-2
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- 사범대학 > 언어병리학과 > Journal papers
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