Domestic Robots for Older Adults: Attitudes, Preferences, and Potential.

ABSTRACT: The population of older adults in America is expected to reach an unprecedented level in the near future. Some of them have difficulties with performing daily tasks and caregivers may not be able to match pace with the increasing need for assistance. Robots, especially mobile manipulators, have the potential for assisting older adults with daily tasks enabling them to live independently in their homes. However, little is known about their views of robot assistance in the home. Twenty-one independently living older Americans (65-93 years old) were asked about their preferences for and attitudes toward robot assistance via a structured group interview and questionnaires. In the group interview, they generated a diverse set of 121 tasks they would want a robot to assist them with in their hom

SUBMITTER: Smarr CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4138547 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature