More than a servant: Self-reported willingness of younger and older adults to having a robot perform interactive and critical tasks in the home

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 136-140

  Ezer, Neta ^a   Fisk, Arthur D ^a   Rogers, Wendy A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS;

CRITICAL TASKS; OLDER ADULTS; ROBOT TASKS;

HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION;

EID: 77951582190     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1518/107118109x12524441079382     Document Type: Conference Paper

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