Background Social robots seem to be integrating into our society quite rapidly (eg, Conti et
al. 2019). Yet, the fact that they are integrated in different domains does not ensure potential …

The proportion of the world's population growing older is rapidly increasing over the last
decades. With the recent progresses seen in information and communication technologies …

Purpose On the verge of what has been hailed as the next technological revolution, the
purpose of this paper is to examine scientific and popular definitions of the social robot …

Due to the world's aging demographics and declining caregiver-to-senior ratio, socially
assistive robots are being designed to assist seniors with activities of daily living. Beyond …

The rapid spread of COVID-19 has prompted a surge in the adoption of technology,
highlighting a number of potential applications for Socially Assistive Robots (SARs). Our …

The current study focuses on the short-term effect of MARIO, a social robot, on quality of life,
depression, and perceived social support in persons with dementia (PWD) and evaluates …

Social robotics is an emerging field, with many applications envisioned for people with
disabilities. This project examined the so far invisible views of disability service organization …

The use of games as vehicles to study human-robot interaction (HRI) has been established
as a suitable solution to create more realistic and naturalistic opportunities to investigate …

For social robots to be successfully integrated and accepted within society, they need to be
able to interpret human social cues that are displayed through natural modes of …

The deployment of robots as social gamers offer a wide spectrum to test the usability of
complex behaviors. Social robots need to commit with social rules and show gaze related …