Robots Won't Save Japan addresses the Japanese government's efforts to develop care
robots in response to the challenges of an aging population, rising demand for eldercare …

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 …

Care robots promise to assist older people in an ageing society. This article investigates the
socio-material conditions of care with robots by focusing on the usually invisible practices of …

In the development of robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for healthcare, human-centered
approaches seek to meet the requirements of healthcare practice and address social and …

Demographic change and its various implications will offer some of the biggest challenges
faced by society and our health-care systems in the coming decades. While the number of …

Ageing has become a ubiquitous concern in European policy. Critics have bemoaned that
such policies are not so much about older people but rather about finding justification for …

Conceptualizing agency is a long-standing theoretical concern. Taking an
ethnomethodological and conversation analytic perspective, we explore agency as the …

Contemporary discourse on information and communication technology suggests that
humans and machines are increasingly converging. However, in this article, we argue that …

Roboticists are faced with a striking discrepancy between vision and demonstration of care
with robots. On the one hand, research funders, policy makers, and entrepreneurs expect …

Faced with ageing populations, escalating care needs, and growing shortages of care
workers, Japanese and EU governments have pursued large, publicly-funded research …