Abstract Purpose of Review We provide an outlook on the definitions, laboratory research,
and applications of social robots, with an aim to understand what makes a robot social—in …

Social robots hold promise in augmenting education, rehabilitative care, and leisure
activities for children. Despite findings suggesting various benefits of social robot use in …

Receiving touch is of critical importance, as many studies have shown that touch promotes
mental and physical well-being. We conducted a pre-registered (PROSPERO …

Context Pain commonly occurs in people living with dementia but is often undertreated. Non-
pharmacological interventions are a safer first-line option for pain management, but …

Abstract Socially Assistive Robots (SARs) and immersive Virtual Reality (iVR) are interactive
platforms that promote user engagement, which can motivate users to adhere to therapeutic …

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects millions of people
worldwide, and its incidence is expected to rise due to the aging of the global population …

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of a therapeutic robot,'Paro', on anxiety, agitation,
depression, apathy, medication use, total sleep time, and sociability among older adults with …

The unique physical embodiment of robots enables physical contact between machines and
humans. Since interpersonal touch research has demonstrated that touch has several …

The efforts to promote ageing-in-place of healthy older adults via cybernetic support are
fundamental to avoid possible consequences associated with relocation to facilities …

This commentary aims to address the field of social robots both in terms of the global
situation and research perspectives. It has four polarities. First, it revisits the evolutions in …