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Would Granny Let an Assistive Robot Into Her home

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Author

Editor

  • John-John Cabibihan
  • Shuzhi Sam Ge

Summary, in English

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.

Publishing year

2012

Language

English

Pages

128-138

Publication/Series

Social Robotics Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Volume

Volume 7621

Issue

0302-9743

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Human Computer Interaction
  • Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics

Keywords

  • Participatory design
  • Attention cards
  • Assistive robots
  • Old adults

Conference name

International Conference on Social Robots (ICSR)

Conference date

2012-10-29

Conference place

Chengdu, China

Status

Published