Socially Assistive Robots in Elderly Care: A Mixed-Method Systematic Literature Review

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 369-393

  Kachouie, Reza ^a,b   Sedighadeli, Sima ^a   Khosla, Rajiv ^a   Chu, Mei Tai ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; USER INTERFACES;

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; CURRENT LIMITATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EXPECTATION MODELS; MULTI-MODAL INTERACTIONS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SOCIALLY ASSISTIVE ROBOTS; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84897388676     PISSN: 10447318     EISSN: 15327590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2013.873278     Document Type: Article

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