Preliminary experiments on the acceptability of animaloid companion robots by older people with early dementia

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1816-1819

  Odetti, Luca ^b   Anerdi, Giuseppe ^b   Barbieri, Maria Paola ^c   Mazzei, Debora ^c   Rizza, Elisa ^c   Dario, Paolo ^a,b   Rodriguez, Guido ^c   Micera, Silvestro ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Animaloid; Dementia; Gerontechnology

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DISEASES; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; ANIMALOIDS; DEMENTIA; GERONTECHNOLOGY;

HEALTH CARE;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DOG; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DOGS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 57649171089     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352666     Document Type: Conference Paper

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