The following documents a research through design inquiry into how socialites of a hospital environment are disrupted or improved by implementing a service robot. The robot, support for excessive work, represents a new intermediary between a patient and a caregiver. Robotic work routines appear as better, more efficient, and more affordable. Apart from other ethical and inclusive considerations given to this dialogue, the social values hidden in traditional workflows are of equal importance. This thesis attempts to generate constructive design research about emergent social norms and social dynamics caused by service robots’ implementation. The lessons learned are presented in a final research discussion. Further applied, the knowledge held common grounds with a rehabilitation robot developed by Blue Ocean Robotics.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-44276 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Bucuroiu, Denisa Maria |
| Publisher | Malmö universitet, Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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