Title :
Emotional factors in robot-based assistive services for elderly at home
Author :
Diaz, M. ; Saez-Pons, Joan ; Heerink, M. ; Angulo, Cecilio
Author_Institution :
Center for Dependency Care & Autonomous Living, UPC Tech. Univ. of Catalonia, Castelldefels, Spain
Abstract :
Emotional factors related to aging at home assistive technology are known to affect technology acceptance, effective use, and quality of life improvement. This paper is a survey on the affective dimension of robot-based systems conceived for helping elderly at home. The specificity of elders´ capabilities (e.g. sensory and cognitive), coping styles, aspirations, lifestyles, social rules and preferences are faced with available knowledge from the fields of social psychology, sociology and gerontology. In the case of social robots, convenient verbal and non-verbal communication and motion behavior (e.g. social distance, space formations) are to be designed according to generational and cultural rules. Moreover, robot behavior should be congruent with its role (i.e. helper, companion) and affordances.
Keywords :
assisted living; cognition; cultural aspects; home automation; psychology; service robots; social aspects of automation; affective dimension; aging; aspirations; convenient verbal communication; coping styles; cultural rules; effective technology use; elder capabilities; elderly people; emotional factors; generational rules; gerontology; home assistive technology; lifestyles; motion behavior; nonverbal communication; quality of life improvement; robot behavior; robot-based assistive services; social psychology; social robots; social rules; sociology; technology acceptance; Adaptation models; Robot sensing systems; Seals; Senior citizens; Torso;
Conference_Titel :
RO-MAN, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Gyeongju
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.2013.6628396