Generation Differences in Perception of the Elderly Care Robot

Khaksar, Weria; Neggers, Margot M. E.; Barakova, Emilia; Tørresen, Jim

doi:10.1109/ro-man50785.2021.9515534

Cited by 11 publications

(5 citation statements)

References 29 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Results showed that older adults had a low social acceptance for Furhat, and a negative attitude toward robots after meeting Furhat. This is particularly interesting in comparison with previous studies with other social robots within the same age group which showed more positive results (Khaksar et al, 2021;Werner, Oberzaucher, and Werner, 2012).…”

Section: Older Adults On a Humanoid Conversation Robotsupporting

confidence: 49%

“…This study aimed at investigating the social acceptance of Furhat and attitude toward robots after meeting Furhat among older adults. The results show that the Furhat robot scored lower on social acceptance by older adults, compared to, for example, the Pepper (Khaksar et al, 2021) and NAO robot (Werner, Oberzaucher, and Werner, 2012) on all GODSPEED sub-scales. Although the Furhat is marketed as a humanoid robot, the results indicate that Pepper and NAO are perceived as more anthropomorphic.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 86%

“…Pepper and NAO have also previously scored higher on animacy (Pepper mean = 3.79, NAO mean = 3.20) and likeability (Pepper mean = 4.30, NAO mean = 4.20), compared to the current Furhat score of 2.19 and 3.15. Furthermore, Furhat scored higher on perceived safety than, for example, the Pepper robot (Khaksar et al, 2021), which might suggest that Pepper is perceived as more unsafe due to its size and ability to move around. However, NAO was seen as safer than the Furhat (Werner, Oberzaucher, and Werner, 2012), and in that case it might have more to do with personal integrity and storing of data.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Companion Robots for Older Adults : A Mixed-Methods Approach to Deployments in Care Homes

Thunberg

2024

Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

If you visit a care home today, chances are that you will be greeted by a small furry animal. This animal is intended to provide companionship to the older adults living there, especially to people with dementia. However, the animal is not made of flesh and blood but of acrylic, sensors and components -it is a companion robot.A companion robot is a social robot, often in the form of a household pet or a human, created to provide psychosocial support. Today, we are facing societal challenges of an ageing population while the resources to offer care are decreasing. So-called 'welfare technology' is seen as one part of the solution to both support care staff and at times replace care. During the last decade, targeted funds for investments in welfare technology have been available to municipalities in Sweden, where companion robots have become a popular choice to implement in care homes. This thesis explores, through a mixed-methods approach, what happens when companion robots are deployed in care homes for older adults by looking at different perspectives from key stakeholders. Nine studies are presented with decision makers in municipalities, care staff and older adults, as participants, and the studies have primarily been carried out in the field in care homes and activity centres, where both qualitative (observations, workshops, interviews and record keeping) and quantitative data (surveys) have been collected.Linköping University has been much more to me than merely a place of study or employment -it has been a home. It may sound a bit cliché, like something out of a tech startup's LinkedIn page where they never want employees away from their desks, but the truth is, I have often stayed on campus into the wee hours to complete various robot projects that have enriched my life significantly. Over the past decade, I have felt a deep sense of belonging here, truly defining myself within this context. From my early twenties, when I was still figuring out my career path, to my early thirties, where I have begun to find some answers, LiU has been integral to my growth. This university has nurtured me with its environment, its people, and with the challenges I have tackled. I am grateful to have started my journey here and even more so that I stayed to pursue my PhD. But how does one thank a place that has become so deeply a part of who they are? It feels nearly impossible. Throughout the years, my experiences and interactions here have profoundly shaped me and will remain cherished memories forever.So, to all of you, thank you, I will miss you dearly.Tom, you invited me to your group early on as a bachelor student, showed me how to be a researcher in human-robot interaction and inspired me to make the most of it. I am eternally grateful that you believed in me, gave me this opportunity and helped me through all the ups and downs. Thank you. Ericka, you did not hesitate when asked the question if you wanted to be my co-supervisor two years into my PhD. Thank you for all the encouragement, how you challenged my views an...

show abstract

Section: Older Adults On a Humanoid Conversation Robotsupporting

confidence: 49%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 86%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Companion Robots for Older Adults : A Mixed-Methods Approach to Deployments in Care Homes

Thunberg

2024

Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Humanoid robots did not garner global public recognition until the 19th century [ 47 ], and they arrived even later in China. As a result, in social interaction scenarios, older adults may perceive low-animacy objects as out-group members with which they maintain a mental distance [ 48 ]. They may experience difficulty in achieving cognitive empathy with low-animacy objects, viewing them as unfamiliar, and possibly threatening [ 49 ].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Robot Animacy and Emotional Expressions on Perspective-Taking Abilities: A Comparative Study across Age Groups

Hu,

Tong

2023

Behavioral Sciences

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The global population is inevitably aging due to increased life expectancy and declining birth rates, leading to an amplified demand for innovative social and healthcare services. One promising avenue is the introduction of companion robots. These robots are designed to provide physical assistance as well as emotional support and companionship, necessitating effective human–robot interaction (HRI). This study explores the role of cognitive empathy within HRI, focusing on the influence of robot facial animacy and emotional expressions on perspective-taking abilities—a key aspect of cognitive empathy—across different age groups. To this end, a director task involving 60 participants (30 young and 30 older adults) with varying degrees of robot facial animacy (0%, 50%, 100%) and emotional expressions (happy, neutral) was conducted. The results revealed that older adults displayed enhanced perspective-taking with higher animacy faces. Interestingly, while happiness on high-animacy faces improved perspective-taking, the same expression on low-animacy faces reduced it. These findings highlight the importance of considering facial animacy and emotional expressions in designing companion robots for older adults to optimize user engagement and acceptance. The study’s implications are pertinent to the design and development of socially effective service robots, particularly for the aging population.

show abstract

“…They identified 13 variables that all affect user acceptance of social robots. For some people it might be necessary to reach a higher comfort level, e.g., elderly people might prefer a larger distance ( Khaksar et al, 2021 ). Alternatively, in specific contexts, it might be necessary to make a trade-off between robot efficiency and human comfort, and there developers might choose to take a lower perceived comfort criterion.…”

Section: Experiments 1: Passing Distancesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The effect of robot speed on comfortable passing distances

et al. 2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Robots navigate ever more often in close proximity to people. In the current work, we focused on two distinctive navigational scenarios: passing and overtaking a person who is walking. In the first experiment, we compared nine different passing distances for a humanoid robot and found that human comfort increased with passing distance and that their relationship could be described by an inverted Gaussian. In the second experiment, we validated this relationship for an industrial autonomous robot and extended the study to also include overtaking distances and different robot moving speeds. The results showed that overtaking was considered to be less comfortable than passing but that the overtaking distance had a similar relationship with human comfort. Human comfort decreases with a higher robot movement speed. Results obtained through location trackers furthermore showed that people actively take a larger distance from the robot when it starts its trajectory closer to them. The current results can be used to quantify human comfort in environments where humans and robots co-exist and they can be used as input for human-aware navigational models for autonomous robots.

show abstract

Generation Differences in Perception of the Elderly Care Robot

Cited by 11 publications

References 29 publications

Companion Robots for Older Adults : A Mixed-Methods Approach to Deployments in Care Homes

Companion Robots for Older Adults : A Mixed-Methods Approach to Deployments in Care Homes

Effects of Robot Animacy and Emotional Expressions on Perspective-Taking Abilities: A Comparative Study across Age Groups

The effect of robot speed on comfortable passing distances

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About