Robots in Older People's Living Spaces

Abstract

As robots are being designed to support older people in their living spaces, the use of robots in these contexts and particularly for AAL may come with issues of trust. While trust has gained increasing interest in HRI, we still have little understanding of trust when using robots in people's living spaces and taking into account their social practices. Drawing on literature, a methodological contribution and various (long-term) studies with older people and technology, the aim of this thesis is to define design guidelines for trust in situated human-robot interaction in older people's living spaces.