Would Granny Let an Assistive Robot Into Her home
(2012) International Conference on Social Robots (ICSR) Volume 7621(0302-9743). p.128-138- Abstract
- Assistive robots have received considerable research attention due to the increase of the senior population around the world and the shortage of care-givers. However, limited attention has been paid to involving seniors in the de-sign process in order to elicit their attitudes and perceptions of having their own robot. This study addresses this issue. We conducted a workshop with 14 Swe-dish seniors age 65 to 86. The findings indicate that: (1) the functionality of the robot is far more important than the appearance; (2) usefulness will determine the acceptance of a robot; (3) seniors feel it is important to keep up to date with new technological developments; (4) seniors did not perceive assistive robots to be intrusive and considered it... (More)
- Assistive robots have received considerable research attention due to the increase of the senior population around the world and the shortage of care-givers. However, limited attention has been paid to involving seniors in the de-sign process in order to elicit their attitudes and perceptions of having their own robot. This study addresses this issue. We conducted a workshop with 14 Swe-dish seniors age 65 to 86. The findings indicate that: (1) the functionality of the robot is far more important than the appearance; (2) usefulness will determine the acceptance of a robot; (3) seniors feel it is important to keep up to date with new technological developments; (4) seniors did not perceive assistive robots to be intrusive and considered it acceptable to have one in their bathrooms and bedrooms. These findings suggest that seniors are prepared to give assistive ro-bots a try if they perceive them as useful. (Less)
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- author
- Frennert, Susanne LU ; Östlund, Britt LU and Eftring, Håkan LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2012
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Participatory design, Attention cards, Assistive robots, Old adults
- host publication
- Social Robotics Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- editor
- Cabibihan, John-John and Sam Ge, Shuzhi
- volume
- Volume 7621
- issue
- 0302-9743
- pages
- 10 pages
- publisher
- Springer
- conference name
- International Conference on Social Robots (ICSR)
- conference location
- Chengdu, China
- conference dates
- 2012-10-29
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84868709206
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-642-34103-8_13
- project
- HOBBIT - The Mutual Care Robot
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- f7e380a8-0cfe-4cd9-8cbf-19309e1f9747 (old id 3232351)
- alternative location
- http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-34103-8_13?LI=true#page-1
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- 2016-04-04 11:23:48
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