When the social relevance of robotic applications is addressed today, the use of assistive
technology in care settings is almost always the first example. So-called care robots are …

Paro, a baby seal robot, is arguably the best-known care robot worldwide. Its clinical effects
on people with special needs have been studied for more than twenty years by …

This chapter takes up the relation between humanism and posthumanism, and the
significance of these concepts for anthropologists working with technology. The author …

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 …

ABSTRACT A companion robot named Hyodol is a digital technology implemented for
eldercare in South Korea. Drawing insights from semi-structured interviews with public …

Japanese care centers have seen an increasing reliance on robotic assistance in service
and social-care tasks, which poses questions about ethics, governance, and caregiving …

Technical solutions are being presented for the healthcare and welfare of the aging
population. One example is Hyodol, a robot developed for older adults living alone in South …

The emergence of online teaching has brought new opportunities to computer coding
education. In this paper, we examine how the move online is generating a new kind of …

This paper aims to clarify how “Integrative Social Robotics”(ISR) can solve the triple gridlock
of description, evaluation and regulation (DER gridlock) in relation to the concrete case of …

Purpose This mixed-method study examined the effects of a socially assistive humanoid
robot (SAHR) on depressive symptoms and quality of life among impoverished and isolated …