Research on social robots in dementia care has focused on their effects, for example in
relation to the patients' wellbeing or the care-givers' working environment. Such approaches …

Socially assistive robots in eldercare settings, ie 'social'robots, are currently being promoted
and studied, particularly in Japan. Among these studies, clinical evaluation of their …

Many countries are under pressure because of lack of healthcare staff to provide care to an
increasingly aged population. Potential solutions are often sought through technological …

Effective ethical interventions in emerging technologies such as robotic autonomy demand
situated understandings of the practices that shape them. Drawing upon a year of …

Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Finland, we report on the trial of a teleoperated care
robot named Välkky introduced onto a fully operational hospital neurological ward. Our data …

Effective interventions in ethical issues around robotic autonomy demand situated
understandings of roboticists' practices that shape the robots. An ethnographic approach …

In response to the challenges posed by a rapidly aging society and its associated socio-
economic difficulties, the Japanese government has encouraged the adoption of AI and …

In today's information age, the diversification of interaction methods has led to a focus on
building interactive cognitive capabilities within the design academic community. While …

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund und Ziel: Die hier vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit
selbstbestimmtem und selbstständigem Altern. Grundlegend sind die Fragen, ob der Einsatz …

Entender la introducción de robots como un nodo más en el complejo ensamblaje que es el
cuidado de los adultos mayores nos permite preservar la complejidad del fenómeno y no …