Granny and the robots: Ethical issues in robot care for the elderly

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-40

  Sharkey, Amanda ^a   Sharkey, Noel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assistive robotics; Companion; Elder care; Elderly; Guidelines; Robot; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858278031     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-010-9234-6     Document Type: Article

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