Sporto

Sporto: A Robot for Self Awareness
EVALUATION

12 day study
3 participants (3 robots)
1 week with just the band, 1 week with Sporto also
Users set their own goals based on:
- First week's activity
- National recommendations
Qualitative and Quantitative results

Schedule:

	DAY	SCHEDULE
Monday	1	First meeting Evaluation intro Provide armband and instructions
	1-5	Evaluation with armband only, no data feedback
Friday	5	Second meeting Show data for first week and comparison with national recommendations Ask user to set their goal for week two Provide Sporto and instructions
	6-12	Evaluation with Sporto
Friday	12	Third meeting User interview Collect equipment Provide users with their data if requested

Our test group will consist of the general college student population. This will not only make it easier to find test subjects, but it will allow us to gain more information than if our target user was a more specific group. It will also allow us to see how obese people react to the robot versus physically fit people. If it were only aimed at the obese would come embedded with a negative connotation and cause embarrassment.

We would like to conduct the evaluation study with five participants in our target group for a twelve day period. The first Monday through Friday will measure a person’s current behavior. We will ask each participant to wear the activity monitor for the entire day, except when they sleep, or take a shower. They will need to note when it has been taken off. The robot will then be provided. The Saturday and Sunday will be used to make people to be accustomed to the new design, and remove the “novelty effect.” The final Monday through Friday will be used to gather the real data of people’s response to our robot. This schedule removes the fact that people will be more inclined to be active on weekends since they have more time. It will also allow us to compare a Monday through Friday period without the robot to a Monday through Friday period with the robot.

We will take a qualitative survey to measure:

How the introduction of new technology affected the person
How they felt
Whether they felt the robot was providing accurate feedback
Robot’s ability to motivate them to be more active than before
If the robot was annoying or encouraging

Quantitative results could include:

Time spent interacting with robot
Amount of activity without robot
Amount of activity using robot
Difference in activity between weeks one and two

Questions will also be asked of the study participants to find out how the robot could be improved.