We present a participatory design method to design human-robot interactions with older adults and its application through a case study of designing an assistive robot for a senior living facility. The method, called Situated Participatory Design (sPD), was designed considering the challenges of working with older adults and involves three phases that enable designing and testing use scenarios through realistic, iterative interactions with the robot. In design sessions with nine residents and three caregivers, we uncovered a number of insights about sPD that help us understand its benefits and limitations. For example, we observed how designs evolved through iterative interactions and how early exposure to the robot helped participants consider using the robot in their daily life. With sPD, we aim to help future researchers to increase and deepen the participation of older adults in designing assistive technologies.

翻译：我们提出了一种面向老年人的人机交互参与式设计方法，并通过为养老机构设计辅助机器人的案例研究展示了其应用。该方法名为"情境参与式设计"(sPD)，是在考虑与老年人合作挑战的基础上设计的，包含三个阶段，能够通过与机器人进行现实、迭代的交互，来设计和测试使用场景。在与九位居民和三名护理人员的设计会议中，我们发现了诸多关于sPD的洞见，有助于理解其优势与局限。例如，我们观察到设计如何通过迭代交互逐步演进，以及早期接触机器人如何帮助参与者考虑将其融入日常生活。通过sPD，我们旨在帮助未来研究者提升并深化老年人在辅助技术设计中的参与度。