Couch to 5km robot coach: An autonomous, human-trained socially assistive robot

Katie Winkle; Séverin Lemaignan; Praminda Caleb-Solly; Ute Leonards; Ailie Turton; Paul Bremner

doi:10.1145/3371382.3378337

Couch to 5km robot coach: An autonomous, human-trained socially assistive robot

Katie Winkle
, Séverin Lemaignan
, Praminda Caleb-Solly
, Ute Leonards
, Ailie Turton
, Paul Bremner

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Abstract

We present a robot exercise coach, co-designed and then trained in real-time by a human fitness instructor, via interactive machine learning, to support the UK National Health Service (NHS) Couch to 5km (C25K) programme. The programme consists of undertaking 3x weekly exercise sessions for 9 weeks, with sessions building up from a combination of short runs and walks to a full 30 minutes running. The simplicity (and relatively boring nature) of the task places great importance on the ability of the robot, our 'C25K coach', to provide engaging and appropriate social supporting behaviour.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	HRI 2020 - Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	520-522
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450370578
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3371382.3378337
Publication status	Published - 23 Mar 2020
Event	15th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction, HRI 2020 - Cambridge, United Kingdom Duration: 23 Mar 2020 → 26 Mar 2020

Publication series

Name	ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
ISSN (Electronic)	2167-2148

Conference

Conference	15th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction, HRI 2020
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Cambridge
Period	23/03/20 → 26/03/20

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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Machine learning
Participatory design
Socially assistive robotics

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Winkle, K., Lemaignan, S., Caleb-Solly, P., Leonards, U., Turton, A., & Bremner, P. (2020). Couch to 5km robot coach: An autonomous, human-trained socially assistive robot. In HRI 2020 - Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 520-522). (ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1145/3371382.3378337

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Winkle, K, Lemaignan, S, Caleb-Solly, P, Leonards, U, Turton, A & Bremner, P 2020, Couch to 5km robot coach: An autonomous, human-trained socially assistive robot. in HRI 2020 - Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 520-522, 15th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction, HRI 2020, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 23/03/20. https://doi.org/10.1145/3371382.3378337

Couch to 5km robot coach: An autonomous, human-trained socially assistive robot. / Winkle, Katie; Lemaignan, Séverin; Caleb-Solly, Praminda et al.
HRI 2020 - Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. IEEE Computer Society, 2020. p. 520-522 (ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction).

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