Background Research in embodied artificial intelligence (AI) has increasing clinical
relevance for therapeutic applications in mental health services. With innovations ranging …

Along with its potential contributions to the practice of care, social assistive robotics raises
significant ethical issues. The growing development of this technoscientific field of intelligent …

Background Given the complexity of providing dementia care in hospitals, integrating
technology into practice is a high challenge and an important opportunity. Although there …

Intelligent assistive technologies (IATs) have the potential of offering innovative solutions to
mitigate the global burden of dementia and provide new tools for dementia care. While …

Background As care robots become more commonplace in aged-care settings, the ethical
debate on their use becomes increasingly important. Our objective was to examine the …

Background Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and wearable computing are
creating novel technological opportunities for mitigating the global burden of population …

Social robots and their novel applications are slowly emerging to become an indispensable
part of society and businesses. While the field of social robotics has been very …

This study investigates what older adults want from social robots. Older adults are often
presented with social robots designed based on developers' assumptions that only vaguely …

Purpose Driven by the shortage in qualified nurses and the high percentage of aging
populations, the past decade has witnessed a significant growth in the use of robots in …

Background: Older adults and people with dementia are particularly vulnerable to social
isolation. Social robots, including robotic pets, are promising technological interventions that …