Companion robots are aimed to mitigate loneliness and social isolation among older adults
by providing social and emotional support in their everyday lives. However, older adults' …

This work aims to provide initial guidelines towards developing companion robots with large
language models (LLMs) to be part of everyday lives of older adults. Using iterative …

A burgeoning area of HRI explores how robots can be used to assist older adults who are
dealing with health issues. However, much of this work focuses on aiding older adults that …

Introduction: Older adults are engaging more and more with voice-based agent and social
robot technologies, and roboticists are increasingly designing interactions for these systems …

Communication among older adults in a care home is often reduced due to cognitive,
communication, and mobility impairments. They tend to become isolated, which may lead to …

In recent years, communication robots aiming to offer mental support to the elderly have
attracted increasing attention. Dialogue systems consisting of two robots could provide the …

Conversational technology provides an accessible interface for verbal engagement and
support in daily living. However, bridging the gap between robotics research for ageing and …

Robots could support older adults' well-being by engaging them in meaningful
conversations, specifically to reflect on, support, and improve different aspects of their well …

Conversational agents (CA) are increasingly used to manage and coordinate household
chores and everyday activities at home. However, these technologies should be adaptive to …

Amid the rising cost of Alzheimer's disease (AD), assistive health technologies can reduce
care-giving burden by aiding in assessment, monitoring, and therapy. This article presents a …