Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: In this poster, we describe a method for using grounded theory and modeling to support collaborative design of social robots for the elderly. Robotic technologies are being designed to assist people in their everyday lives in various ways: as companions [9], domestic helpers [4], receptionists [1], and educational aids [8]. In response to the steadily rising average age of the population in the US, Europe, and Japan, the elderly are often designated as an appropriate audience for assistive robotic technologies. Designing robots for the elderly poses a variety of social challenges—understanding the specific needs and desires of the elderly, supporting independence and human dignity, and making sure that technologies can be successfully incorporated into existing social and physical environments, or “elder ecologies ” [3]. These challenges suggest that designing robots for the elderly calls
Authors: Selma Šabanović, Matthew Francisco
Institutions: Indiana University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W144007842