A social robot.
I joined the MIT Media Lab’s Personal Robots Group as a Research Assistant. I worked closely with my supervisor and PhD candidate Sooyeon Jeong to assist in launching a study exploring how social robots can help people improve their emotional wellbeing by living with them in their homes.
MY ROLE
Research Assistant
SKILLS
Content
Marketing
Web Design
Video Production
Print
TOOLS
Figma
InDesign
After Effects
HTML/CSS
NVivo
THE TEAM
Abigail Chen
Sooyeon Jeong
TIMELINE
1.5 year
September 2020 - January 2022
Background
Icons
Booklets
Videos
Meet Jibo!
Jibo is a social robot that spun out of the Personal Robots group at the MIT Media Lab.
Research Goals
The goal of the research study aimed to explore how social robots can help people improve their emotional wellbeing by living with them in their homes for 8 weeks. Jibo guides users through positive psychology exercises.
Part of the research involved participants filling out frequent mood reports measured across valence, arousal, and control. I designed the corresponding icons for these scales that show up on Jibo’s touchscreen face.
I filmed, edited, and narrated an 11-minute Jibo Wellness Study Participant Video Guide, video that visually guides participants on how to interact with Jibo and use it for the duration of the study.
Website
I designed the 28-page Jibo Wellness Study Participant Guide, a comprehensive guide to the entire study for participants to inform them from unboxing Jibo, setting it up, study basics, helpful tips, and wrapping up.