SnuggleBot the Companion: Exploring In-Home Robot Interaction Strategies to Support Coping With Loneliness

D Passler Bates, SY Dudek, JM Berzuk… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
We explored the use of three robot interaction strategies to support people living with
loneliness (physical comfort, social engagement, requiring care), by building these into a …

The kids are alright: adolescents' experiences during COVID-19 disruption

I Lopatovska, R Garg, O Turpin, JH Yoon… - Information and …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aimed to understand adolescents' experiences, negative feelings and
coping mechanisms associated with the major disruption caused by the COVID-19 …

SnuggleBot: a cuddly companion robot for lonely people to use at home

D Passler Bates - 2023 - mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca
We designed, prototyped, and deployed a novel companion robot for private in-home use
that aims to promote engagement to support people living with loneliness. We identified and …

Employing social robots in a privacy sensitive context: A case study on an open-source diary assistant

AC Sabie - 2023 - repositum.tuwien.at
Social robots have been employed for a long time, but there are still hurdles when it comes
to trusting such devices and sharing intimate data with them. This is partly due to general …