Socially assistive robots (SAR) are conceived to improve the quality of life by better assisting
people in need, when it comes to rehabilitation, convalescence, learning etc. In this paper …

Social robots are upcoming innovations in the healthcare sector. Currently, those robots are
merely used for entertaining and accompanying people, or facilitating telepresence. Social …

Can you imagine to receive treatment through a robot? When talking about the future of
healthcare, this is the vision many people have. Currently, the predominant role of social …

About 40 000 individuals depend on assisted living in long-term care facilities in Norway.
Around 80% of these have a cognitive impairment or suffer from dementia. This actualizes …

Due to demographic change and transformations in domestic structures as well as working
environments, the need for formal care continues to increase. This process leads to a …

As older adults age, they are more likely to reside in long-term care facilities due to the
decline in cognitive and/or physical abilities that prevent them from living independently …

There is a close connection between health and the quality of one's social life. Strong social
bonds are essential for health and wellbeing, but often health conditions can detrimentally …

BACKGROUND: Socially assistive robotics (SAR) has been a major field of investigation
during the last decade and, as it develops, the groups the technology can be applied to and …

Social Assistive Robotics (SAR) has successfully been used in healthcare interventions from
the functional and socio-emotional points of view. In particular, they have been used in …

This article shows our work for developing an elder care platform for social interaction and
physical and cognitive stimulation using the Pepper robot and Android OS as clients, based …