Mobile remote presence systems for older adults: Acceptance, benefits, and concerns

HRI 2011 - Proceedings of the 6th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 19-26

  Beer, Jenay M ^a   Takayama, Leila ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Willow Garage Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Human robot interaction; Mobile remote presence; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS ROBOT; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; MOBILE REMOTE PRESENCE; MRP SYSTEMS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OLDER ADULTS; PERSONAL PRIVACY; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROBOT INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRAVEL COSTS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS;

HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION;

EID: 79953139634     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1957656.1957665     Document Type: Conference Paper

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