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Authors:
Diana Saplacan
Jo Herstad
Zada Pajalic
Keywords: Keywords-robot; comprehensibility; manageability; meaningfulness; healthy aging; independent living elderly; Norway; Sense-of-Coherence (SOC) theory; salutogenesis; elderly; human-robot interaction, domestic robots
Abstract:
This study illustrates the independent living elderly’s (≥65 years) views on robots. The data was documented through audio recordings of interviews, photos, and written logs. The analysis was done through qualitative manifest and latent content analysis. The results of the analysis were sorted into three categories: aging during the technological renaissance, domestic robots, and the elderly’s expectations of robots. The overall resulted theme was: integrating robots in the elderly’s everyday life. The results were discussed through the lenses of the Sense-of-Coherence (SOC) theoretical construct and its belonging elements: comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness. The relevance of this paper contributes to giving an understanding of the domestic robots’ requirements specifications and the elderly’s expectation of human-robot interaction.
Pages: 113 to 122
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2020
Publication date: March 22, 2020
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-4138
ISBN: 978-1-61208-761-0
Location: Valencia, Spain
Dates: from November 21, 2020 to November 25, 2020