An in-situ participatory approach for assistive robots: methodology and implementation in a healthcare setting

During the final evaluation deployment, user feedback still identified both new needs and practical improvements, as co-design iterations have the potential to continue indefinitely. Moreover, despite some performance issues, the robot's presence seemed to generate a placebo effect on both staff and patients, while it appears that staff's behaviours were also influenced by the regular observation of the researchers. The obtained results prove valuable insights into long-term human-robot interaction dynamics, highlighting the importance of context-based requirements gathering.