Bachelor Assignment

A participatory design toolkit for the Pepper robot  in care homes

The conducted Bachelor Assignment focuses on how to create a toolkit for co-design sessions that will help care homes with gaining insight in the ways that Pepper can be useful for them. Pepper is a humanoid robot that can recognize emotions and adapt his behaviour accordingly. Participatory design is the method used throughout this Bachelor Assignment. It is a design process wherein the user is involved throughout the whole process. The Bachelor thesis supports participatory design and the implementation of technology in care homes through the development of a co-design toolkit. The conclusion is that the thesis provides answers to further develop a digital participatory design toolkit.