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An Effort to Develop a Web-Based Approach to Assess the Need for Robots Among the Elderly

Authors : Kimmo J. Vänni, Annina K. Korpela

Published in: Social Robotics

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Our aim was to develop an approach to assess the need for assistive and/or social robots among the elderly. The research methods consisted of literature review, inquiries from assistive technology professionals, and surveys among wellbeing technology professionals and elderly people. The results presented that there was lack of approaches in assessing the need for robots. Even if the web-based tool might be useful, developing such an approach and algorithms seemed to be a requiring task.

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Title: An Effort to Develop a Web-Based Approach to Assess the Need for Robots Among the Elderly
Authors: Kimmo J. Vänni
Annina K. Korpela
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Social Robotics
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-47436-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-47437-3

Copyright Year: 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47437-3_70

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