Designing robots for the elderly: Appearance issue and beyond

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 121-126

  Wu, Ya Huei ^a   Fassert, Christine ^a   Rigaud, Anne Sophie ^a  

^a Paris Descartes University   (France)

Author keywords

Assistive robots; Focus group; Needs of the elderly; Robot design

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; ROBOTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; ROBOTICS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 80054957938     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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