The eldercare sector is a promising deployment area for robotics where robots can support staff and help to bridge the predicted staff-shortage. A requirement analysis showed that one field of robot-deployment could be supporting physical therapy of older adults with advanced dementia. To explore this possibility, a long-term autonomous robot was deployed as a walking group assistant at a care site for the first time. The robot accompanied two weekly walking groups for a month, offering visual and acoustic stimulation. Therapists' experience, the robot's influence on the dynamic of the group and the therapists' estimation of the robot's utility were assessed by a mixed methods design consisting of observations, interviews and rating scales....
Social robots are being developed to support care given to older adults (OA), people with dementia (...
The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is one of the innovative responses to t...
This thesis proposes an investigation on both behavioral and technical aspects of human-robot intera...
The eldercare sector is a promising deployment area for robotics where robots can support staff and ...
This multidisciplinary research investigates the integration of humanoid robots into activity group ...
There is concern about the expanding size of the ageing population and burgeoning care costs for old...
Social robots that aim to support the independence and wellbeing of older adults and people with dem...
Background: The world population is ageing rapidly with the percentage of older adults increasing to...
Given the increasing portion of elderly people in the western world and severe lacks in care-taking,...
For older adults, regular exercises can provide both physical and mental benefits, increase their in...
Given the rapidly ageing population, interest is growing in robots to enable older people to remain ...
Care robots are robotic applications targeted for use in care and nursing environments, or to suppor...
Older adults represent a new user group of robots that are deployed in their private homes or in car...
Given the rapidly ageing population, interest is growing in robots to enable older people to remain ...
Social robots are being developed to support care given to older adults (OA), people with dementia (...
Social robots are being developed to support care given to older adults (OA), people with dementia (...
The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is one of the innovative responses to t...
This thesis proposes an investigation on both behavioral and technical aspects of human-robot intera...
The eldercare sector is a promising deployment area for robotics where robots can support staff and ...
This multidisciplinary research investigates the integration of humanoid robots into activity group ...
There is concern about the expanding size of the ageing population and burgeoning care costs for old...
Social robots that aim to support the independence and wellbeing of older adults and people with dem...
Background: The world population is ageing rapidly with the percentage of older adults increasing to...
Given the increasing portion of elderly people in the western world and severe lacks in care-taking,...
For older adults, regular exercises can provide both physical and mental benefits, increase their in...
Given the rapidly ageing population, interest is growing in robots to enable older people to remain ...
Care robots are robotic applications targeted for use in care and nursing environments, or to suppor...
Older adults represent a new user group of robots that are deployed in their private homes or in car...
Given the rapidly ageing population, interest is growing in robots to enable older people to remain ...
Social robots are being developed to support care given to older adults (OA), people with dementia (...
Social robots are being developed to support care given to older adults (OA), people with dementia (...
The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is one of the innovative responses to t...
This thesis proposes an investigation on both behavioral and technical aspects of human-robot intera...