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About
Paul Newhouse is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of robotics, gerontology, and healthcare technology, with a primary focus on socially assistive robots (SARs) and their application in elder care. His work addresses one of the most pressing challenges facing modern healthcare: delivering quality, personalized support to a rapidly aging population amid critical resource constraints. Newhouse's most influential contribution, "Socially Assistive Robots: Measuring Older Adults' Perceptions" (2017, 108 citations), established foundational insights into how elderly individuals accept and engage with robotic technology, applying the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use framework to a largely unexplored population. His collaborative development of the ROCARE and RAMU architectures (2016) demonstrated sophisticated multi-user engagement models capable of supporting both physical and cognitive rehabilitation among older adults with impairment. Extending this work into clinical practice, Newhouse led field studies and system deployments—including SAR-Connect and Ro-Tri—that tested robots in real long-term care environments, showing measurable improvements in social engagement and quality of life. His ongoing multi-site randomized clinical trial (2025) signals a maturation of the field toward rigorous evidence-based validation. With over 250 cumulative citations, Newhouse's research is shaping the future of compassionate, technology-augmented elder care.
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- 1Socially Assistive Robots: Measuring Older Adults' Perceptions108 citations · 2017
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- 7Can Robots Encourage Social Engagement Among Older Adults?2 citations · 2020