ArticleTechnology in society2020
The foundations of a policy for the use of social robots in care.
Article in Technology in society, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Compassionate Care with Autonomous AI Humanoid Robots in Future Healthcare Delivery: A Multisensory Simulation of Next-Generation Models.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Exploring the role of human-following robots in supporting the mobility and wellbeing of older people.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Uncertainties about accepting care robots.Frontiers in digital health · 2023Article
- Social robotics for children: an investigation of manufacturers' claims.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2023Article
- Liaison, safeguard, and well-being: Analyzing the role of social robots during the COVID-19 pandemic.Technology in society · 2022Article
- Hopes and fears regarding care robots: Content analysis of newspapers in East Asia and Western Europe, 2001-2020.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2022Article
- Healthcare Digitalisation and the Changing Nature of Work and Society.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- An analysis of design recommendations for socially assistive robot helpers for effective human-robot interactions in senior care.Journal of rehabilitation and assistive technologies engineeringReview
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Abstract
Should we deploy social robots in care settings? This question, asked from a policy standpoint, requires that we understand the potential benefits and downsides of deploying social robots in care situations. Potential benefits could include increased efficiency, increased welfare, physiological and psychological benefits, and experienced satisfaction. There are, however, important objections to the use of social robots in care. These include the possibility that relations with robots can potentially displace human contact, that these relations could be harmful, that robot care is undignified and disrespectful, and that social robots are deceptive. I propose a framework for evaluating all these arguments in terms of three aspects of care:
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