Acceptance of healthcare robots for the older population: Review and future directions

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Acceptance of healthcare robots for the older population: Review and future directions

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The rapidly ageing population is placing increasing strain on healthcare services. Robots have been proposed as a way to assist people to stay healthy and safe in their own homes. However, despite the need for such assistive devices and the success of some healthcare robots, other robots have had a poor response. This article reviews the literature about human responses to healthcare robots and summarises the variables that have been found to influence responses. It may be possible to increase...

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2009

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Broadbent, E / Stafford, Rebecca / MacDonald, Bruce

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http://hdl.handle.net/2292/8962

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