My project centers on studying interactions between social robots and patients of varying levels of cognitive and motor function and the development of a coding system for video footage of these clinical interactions. The research on centers on social robot rehabilitation interactions with patients who have motor impairment, cognitive impairment, or a combination of the 2. In particular, I investigated inclusivity of the social robot treatment style for patients with dementia. The goals of my work were to:

1. Study what happens socially when cognitively impaired patients interact with a socially assistive robot.
2. Investigate how to report performance on cognitive and motor assessments administered via a socially assistive robot.
3. Establish metrics and coding scheme for evaluation of engagement, success, and other measures within human-robot interactions.