Practical evaluation of robots for elderly in denmark: an overview

Robots for elderly have drawn a great deal of attention as it is a controversial topic being pushed forward by the fact that there will be a dramatic increase of elderly in most western countries. Within the field of HRI, much research has been conducted on robots interacting with elderly and also a number of commercial products have been introduced to the market. Since 2006, a number of projects have been launched in Denmark in order to evaluate robot technology in practice in elder care. This paper gives an brief overview of a selected number of projects and outlines the characteristics and results. Finally it is discussed how HRI can benefit from these. Keywords-commercial robots, evaluation; elderly;

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: HRI
• Authors: Søren Tranberg Hansen, Hans Jørgen Andersen, Thomas Bak
• Keywords: Controversial Topic, Elderly, HRI 2010, Human Computer Interaction, Robots