Overcoming Barriers and Increasing Independence – Service Robots for Elderly and Disabled People
The paper discusses the potential of assistive service robots to support disabled and elderly people. It shows that they have considerable untapped potential in this area, but also that inappropriate implementations could increase isolation, reduce independence and lead to users feeling as though th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2015-08-01
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Series: | International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5772/59230 |