Age and gender factors in user acceptance of healthcare robots

Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 214-219

  Kuo, I H ^a   Rabindran, J M ^a,c   Broadbent, E ^a   Lee, Y I ^b   Kerse, N ^a   Stafford, R M Q ^a   MacDonald, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; BEFORE AND AFTER; BLOOD-PRESSURE MONITORING; GENDER EFFECTS; GENDER ISSUES; HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTIONS; OLDER PEOPLE; POSITIVE ATTITUDE; SERVICE ROBOTS; USER ACCEPTANCE; USER STUDY; USERS' ACCEPTANCE;

BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; MOBILE ROBOTS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 72849151526     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2009.5326292     Document Type: Conference Paper

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