Schwaninger, I., Weiss, A., & Fitzpatrick, G. (2022). Bottom-Up Research on Assistive Robots for the Aging Population. In S. T. Köszegi & M. Vincze (Eds.), Trust in Robots (pp. 203–228). TU Wien Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.34727/2022/isbn.978-3-85448-052-5_9
human-robot interaction; aging; home; bottom-up research; aging in place; trust
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Abstract:
Robots are developed in the hope to solve various problems that our societies currently face. One of the most
pressing problems is the aging population, placing increasing pressure on the care system as people live longer, and
often with chronic diseases. Robots are also considered as a possible solution to this problem. However, imaginations
of the role of robots are frequently driven by technology-utopian top-down agendas without regard to practical
realities of everyday life of the older adults and other stakeholders they seek to support. This chapter presents an
overview of assistive technology for the aging population, along with building blocks for Human-Robot Interaction
(HRI) research in these contexts, and the challenges that arise. On this basis, we characterize ways of conducting
bottom-up research to explore trustworthy HRI for older adults in home environments
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