Care robots for the supermarket shelf: A product gap in assistive technologies

Ageing and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 763-781

  Blackman, Tim ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assistive technology; older consumers; really new products; robots; telecare

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ELDERLY CARE; ETHICS; MARKETING; PUBLIC SERVICE; ROBOTICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84878519943     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X1200027X     Document Type: Article

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