十年来轮椅机器人研发中用户参与度低,多停留在测试阶段。
User Involvement in Robotic Wheelchair Development: A Decade of Limited Progress
- 仅6%研究有真实用户参与,且多在后期测试阶段。
- 样本量小(约10人)、多用代理用户,验证在实验室进行。
- 工程团队主导,缺乏持续用户协作,适合关注无障碍设计的团队参考。
机器人轮椅(RWs)有望显著提升行动障碍者的自主性与参与度,但许多系统未能实现长期实际应用。本叙述性文献综述回顾了2015至2025年间,用户在轮椅机器人设计、开发与评估中的参与程度与质量,依据主流用户参与方法(如以用户为中心设计、共同设计、包容性设计)的核心原则进行评估。结果显示,用户参与仍有限,主要集中于后期评估而非早期需求定义或迭代共设计。399篇文献筛选后,仅23项研究(约6%)满足可验证用户参与标准,多数采用小样本(约十人),样本量选择缺乏充分理由,使用代理用户,验证局限于实验室环境,反馈方法非标准化。研究团队以工程为主导(约89%),地理上集中于高收入国家。尽管已有充分证据表明持续用户参与能提升辅助技术的可用性与采纳率,但在轮椅机器人研究中系统性实施仍极为罕见。推动该领域发展需将参与式方法贯穿设计全周期,并解决制约实质性用户参与的系统性障碍。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Robotic wheelchairs (RWs) offer significant potential to enhance autonomy and participation for people with mobility impairments, yet many systems have failed to achieve sustained real-world adoption. This narrative literature review examined the extent and quality of end-user involvement in RW design, development, and evaluation over the past decade (2015--2025), assessed against core principles shared by major user-involvement approaches (e.g., user-/human-centered design, participatory/co-design, and inclusive design). The findings indicate that user involvement remains limited and is predominantly concentrated in late-stage evaluation rather than in early requirements definition or iterative co-design. Of the 399 records screened, only 23 studies (about 6%) met the inclusion criteria of verifiable end-user involvement, and many relied on small samples, often around ten participants, with limited justification for sample size selection, proxy users, laboratory-based validation, and non-standardized feedback methods. Research teams were largely engineering-dominated (about 89%) and geographically concentrated in high-income countries. Despite strong evidence that sustained user engagement improves usability and adoption in assistive technology, its systematic implementation in RW research remains rare. Advancing the field requires embedding participatory methodologies throughout the design lifecycle and addressing systemic barriers that constrain meaningful user involvement.
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