title: River multimodal scenario for rehabilitation robotics.
abstract: This paper presents the novel "River" multimodal rehabilitation robotics scenario that includes video, audio and haptic modalities. Elements contributing to intrinsic motivation are carefully joined in the three modalities to increase motivation of the user. The user first needs to perform a motor action, then receives a cognitive challenge that is solved with adequate motor activity. Audio includes environmental sounds, music and spoken instructions or encouraging statements. Sounds and music were classified according to the arousal-valence space. The haptic modality can provide catching, grasping, tunnel or adaptive assistance, all depending on the user's needs. The scenario was evaluated in 16 stroke users, who responded to it favourably according to the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory questionnaire. Additionally, the river multimodal environment seems to elicit higher motivation than a simpler apple pick-and-place multimodal task.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. marko.munih@robo.fe.uni-lj.si
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Munih
authors.forename: Domen
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Novak
authors.forename: Maja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Milavec
authors.forename: Jaka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ziherl
authors.forename: Andrej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Olenšek
authors.forename: Matjaž
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mihelj
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011603:Psychophysiology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*