ArticleJournal of rehabilitation and assistive technologies engineering
User perspectives on emotionally aligned social robots for older adults and persons living with dementia.
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- Independent Living for Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment: A Narrative Review of Stakeholder Perceptions and Experiences with Assistive and Socially Assistive Robots.Journal of ageing and longevity · 2025Article
- "That's me at my best": perspectives of older adults on involvement in technology research.Medical humanities · 2025Article
- "Though helpful, still hesitant": a TAM-based qualitative study on older adults' ambivalent acceptance and model extensions in AI fitness coaches.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- "Dementia Doesn't Mean That Life Doesn't Have More Wonderful Things Ahead": A Qualitative Study Evaluating a Canadian Dementia Support Services Program.Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ · 2024Article
- The League: A person-centred approach to the development of social robotics for paediatric anxiety.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Article
- Socially assistive walker for daily living assistance in older adults.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2024Article
- Social robotics for children: an investigation of manufacturers' claims.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2023Article
- Older adult perspectives on emotion and stigma in social robots.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Facilitators and barriers to codesigning social robots with older adults living with dementia: A scoping review.Digital healthReview
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Introduction: Socially assistive robots are devices designed to aid users through social interaction and companionship. Social robotics promise to support cognitive health and aging in place for older adults with and without dementia, as well as their care partners. However, while new and more advanced social robots are entering the commercial market, there are still major barriers to their adoption, including a lack of emotional alignment between users and their robots. Affect Control Theory (ACT) is a framework that allows for the computational modeling of emotional alignment between two partners. Methods: We conducted a Canadian online survey capturing attitudes, emotions, and perspectives surrounding pet-like robots among older adults ( Results: We demonstrate the potential of ACT to model the emotional relationship between older adult users and three exemplar robots. We also capture a rich description of participants' robot attitudes through the lens of the Technology Acceptance Model, as well as the most important ethical concerns around social robot use. Conclusions: Findings from this work will support the development of emotionally aligned, user-centered robots for older adults, care partners, and people living with dementia.
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