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：我们提出了一种参与式设计方法，用于设计老年人与机器人之间的交互，并通过一个辅助机器人用于养老机构的案例研究展示了其应用。该方法称为情境化参与式设计（sPD），其设计考虑了与老年人合作面临的挑战，包含三个阶段，通过真实的迭代式机器人交互实现使用场景的设计与测试。在与九名居民和三名护理人员的设计会议中，我们发现了关于sPD的多项见解，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变，以及早期接触机器人如何帮助参与者思考在日常生活中的应用。通过sPD，我们旨在帮助未来研究者增强并深化老年人在辅助技术设计中的参与度。