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Demo and Survey on Website and Robot Application for Autism at FSK UiTM Puncak Alam on 2nd January 2015

Assalamualaikum

Hello everyone. This post is about the final data collection for my PhD, which is to conduct a survey specifically to gather feedback on the usability of my telerehabilitation website. 

In rehabilitation robotics, robots perform tasks to help disabled humans replace the loss of body function, provide assistance in therapy and promote physical and cognitive engagement. Presently, telecommunication technology eliminates distance barriers in healthcare services, allowing storage and access of treatment resources and patients’ information. Tele-rehabilitation refers to the delivery of rehabilitation services using the means of telecommunication technologies. Such services include assessment, intervention, education and also therapeutic interventions for disabled people. 

Going back to the survey; the first ten questions are adopted from the System Usability Scale (SUS) which seeks opinion from respondents regarding the usability of the robotic tele-rehabilitation website. SUS consists of 10 items (Brooke, 1986) and they are all validated and reliable.

Coincidentally, another colleague of mine at the lab had also developed a robot-based application on the Android platform to help non-technical persons control a robot during autism therapy. So this survey shall cover questionnaires for my website and the Android app.

Alhamdulillah we were able to secure the date 2nd January 2015 for the survey at Faculty of Health Sciences, UiTM Puncak Alam. A special thanks goes to Puan Husna Ahmad Ainuddin who is a lecturer from the Department of Occupational Therapy who had helped a lot in making this event happen.

We were  grateful because even though we had requested for a total of 12 therapists, a total of 17 respondents turned up for the event. We truly appreciate the time and commitment given. 

The aim of the survey of the website and Android robot app for autism is to get first hand opinion on the design, content and usability of these systems from the perspective of its future users. 

Arrival of the lecturers

Registration

Setting-up

More post-diploma students in occupational therapy came in to join

Waiting for the briefing

Introduction to the project and survey
 
Explaining a bit about our earlier works at NASOM

For this survey, only the NAO Next Gen model is suitable

Interested participants

Explaining the layout of the website to the survey participants

The team behind the scene :)

Filling up the survey

Each participant gets a small token from HuRoBs after completing the questionnaires

The the results from the questionnaires will be analyzed and will be used to improve both applications. Thank you to everyone to had helped :)



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