TY - GEN
T1 - Analysis of elderly users’ preferences and expectations on service robot’s personality, appearance and interaction
AU - Kleanthous, Styliani
AU - Christophorou, Christophoros
AU - Tsiourti, Christiana
AU - Dantas, Carina
AU - Wintjens, Rachelle
AU - Samaras, George
AU - Christodoulou, Eleni
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Fortunately, improvements in welfare and medical care will allow life expectancy in Europe’s population to increase by the year 2050. However, it is not always the case that living longer implies a healthier, more active and independent life. In this context, technologies and products that will act as assistive companions to elderly, who are living alone at their home, are attracting a growing interest from both a research and commercial perspective. Literature reports contradictory results on the preferences of elderly towards assistive technologies and more specifically, service robots. In this paper, we are called to present an empirical study, conducted in the scope of an EU – Horizon 2020 project, in order to explore people’s perceptions, attitudes and requirements towards the idea of a future service robot for the home.
AB - Fortunately, improvements in welfare and medical care will allow life expectancy in Europe’s population to increase by the year 2050. However, it is not always the case that living longer implies a healthier, more active and independent life. In this context, technologies and products that will act as assistive companions to elderly, who are living alone at their home, are attracting a growing interest from both a research and commercial perspective. Literature reports contradictory results on the preferences of elderly towards assistive technologies and more specifically, service robots. In this paper, we are called to present an empirical study, conducted in the scope of an EU – Horizon 2020 project, in order to explore people’s perceptions, attitudes and requirements towards the idea of a future service robot for the home.
KW - Aging well
KW - Service robots
KW - User-centred requirements analysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84978289429&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-39949-2_4
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-39949-2_4
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84978289429
SN - 9783319399485
VL - 9755
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 35
EP - 44
BT - Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 2nd International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2016 and held as a part of 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2016
Y2 - 17 July 2016 through 22 July 2016
ER -