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：本文提出了一种面向老年人的人机交互参与式设计方法，并通过辅助机器人在养老设施中的应用案例研究展示了其实践过程。该方法名为"情境化参与式设计"(sPD)，其设计充分考虑了与老年群体合作面临的挑战，包含三个实施阶段，通过让用户与机器人进行真实的迭代式交互，实现使用场景的设计与测试。在与九位老年居民和三位护理人员的联合设计会议中，我们揭示了关于sPD的若干关键发现，这些发现有助于理解该方法的优势与局限性。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思考在其日常生活中使用机器人的可能性。借助sPD，我们期望帮助未来研究者提升并深化老年群体在辅助技术设计中的参与程度。