What should a robot do for you?-Evaluating the needs of the elderly in the UK

ACHI 2013 - 6th International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 83-88

  Lehmann, Hagen ^a   Syrdal, Dag ^a   Dautenhahn, Kerstin ^a   Gelderblom, Gert Jan ^b   Bedaf, Sandra ^b   Amirabdollahian, Farshid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly care; Evaluation of needs; Robotic assistive technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84967017599     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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