Understanding older adults' perceptions of usefulness for the Paro Robot

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 2014-January, Issue , 2014, Pages 1914-1918

  McGlynn, Sean A ^a   Kemple, Shawn C ^a   Mitzner, Tracy L ^a   King, Chih Hung ^b   Rogers, Wendy A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b US   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MACHINE DESIGN; ROBOTS; SURVEYS;

DAILY LIVES; DESIGN LIMITATIONS; OLDER ADULTS; PERCEIVED EASE OF USE; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; PET-TYPE ROBOT; POTENTIAL RESPONSE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 84957657199     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/1541931214581400     Document Type: Conference Paper

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