Global demographics trend toward an aging population. Hence, there will be an increased
social demand for elderly care. Recently, assistive technologies such as service robots have …

The use of new assistive technologies in general, and Socially Assistive Robots (SARs) in
particular, is becoming increasingly common for supporting people's health and well-being …

Featured Application The paper presents a use case of a robotic assistant for geriatric
evaluation procedure at the hospital. Design and evaluation of assistive social robots for …

Watching the elderly is one of promising IoT applications in the field of nursing care.
Humanoid robots are considered to be useful agents for not only relaxing the elderly but …

Abstract Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) technologies can play an important role in helping
elderly people achieve healthy ageing and maintain their autonomy. The balance quality …

As robots are being designed to support older people in their living spaces, the use of robots
in these contexts and particularly for AAL may come with issues of trust. While trust has …

In the context of an aging population, technological tools such as socially assistive robots
(SARs) have made their appearance as tools to assist the work practices of care teams in …

Global demographics trend toward an aging population. Hence, there will be an increased
social demand for elderly care. Recently, assistive technologies such as service robots have …

Active and Assisted Living (AAL) technologies like robots are increasingly promoted for the
care of older people at home. However, using these technologies in private spaces may …