Plant Robot for At-Home Behavioral Activation Therapy Reminders to Young Adults with Depression

Adolescents with depression who participate in behavioral activation therapy may find it hard to be motivated perform tasks at home that their therapists recommend. We describe the initial design and usability evaluation of a device (“PlantBot”) could used remind young adults therapy-related tasks. The prototype features electronics two-layer base, fake plant on top supported using Amazon Echo voice agent. use an online panel study evaluate our system youth past ( N = 30). Initial findings highlight device’s usability, potential benefit, attractiveness component, as well multiple improvements made.