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ArticleFrontiers in dementia2025

Let's make up a story: design and evaluation of an improvisational storytelling robot to foster older adults' meaning and purpose in life.

Long-Jing Hsu, Swapna Joshi, Erin Seliger, Kyrie Jig Amon, Waki Kamino, Natasha Randall, Weslie Khoo, David J Crandall, Abhijeet Agnihotri, Katherine M Tsui and 1 more

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Long-Jing Hsu *Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States.
Swapna Joshi *Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States.
Erin SeligerLuddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States.
Kyrie Jig AmonLuddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States.
Waki KaminoLuddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States.
Natasha RandallHumanities, Social Science, and Communication, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI, United States.
Weslie KhooLuddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States.
David J CrandallLuddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States.
Abhijeet AgnihotriToyota Research Institute, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Katherine M TsuiToyota Research Institute, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Selma ŠabanovićLuddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States.

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Objective: Improvisational storytelling can encourage older adults to reflect on their meaning and purpose in life by creatively bringing up valuable patterns and themes from their memories and experiences. Robots for storytelling with older adults have so far aimed to boost their cognitive function and social interactions, rather than a pursuit of meaning and personal reflection. Methods: We used empirical analysis of expert storytelling facilitators to design a Wizard-of-Oz (WoZ) operated robot that engages older adults in improvisational storytelling to tap into their meaning and purpose in life. Results: Our analysis of stories created by 16 participants and their interactions with the robot suggests that older adults reflected on family, relationships, and activities meaningful to them and engaged with the robot as a companion during the activity. Discussion: We provide design implications for an autonomous storytelling robot and discuss the potential for information collected during the storytelling activity to further foster exploration of meaning and purpose among older adults.

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autonomous robot designengagementimprovisationmeaning and purposeolder adultsstorytelling robotWizard-of-Oz

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