Background Digital technologies facilitate everyday life, social connectedness, aging at
home, well-being, and dignified care. However, older adults are disproportionately excluded …

Global demographics trend toward an aging population. Hence, there will be an increased
social demand for elderly care. Recently, assistive technologies such as service robots have …

More than 1 billion people in the world are estimated to experience significant disability.
These disabilities can impact people's ability to independently conduct activities of daily …

Over the last two decades, several deployments of robots for in-house assistance of older
adults have been trialled. However, these solutions are mostly prototypes and remain …

Putting laypeople in an active role as direct expert contributors in the design of service
robots becomes more and more prominent in the research fields of human–robot interaction …

Background New research fields to design social robots for older people are emerging. By
providing support with communication and social interaction, these robots aim to increase …

Innovations in HCI research of health-related pervasive and ubiquitous technologies can
potentially improve older adults' access to healthcare resources and support long-term …

Assistive robotic systems are quickly becoming a core technology for the service sector as
they are understood capable of supporting people in need of assistance in a wide variety of …

An aging global population and preference for aging-in-place pose the opportunity for home-
based robots to assist older adults with their daily routines. However, there is limited …

Conversational agents (CA) are increasingly used to manage and coordinate household
chores and everyday activities at home. However, these technologies should be adaptive to …