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According to the United Nations World Population Prospects, the world’s population is aging. Older adults constitute a fragile part of society, as aging is always accompanied by major psychological and physical challenges. A way to cope with those challenges is to strive for a good Quality of Life (QoL) and contribute to successful aging. Social robots can play an important role in the promotion of QoL by integrating activities with independent-living older adults. Using a qualitative design through a focus group method, this paper aims to present the activities in which independent-living older adults, i.e., older adults that do not depend upon anyone to carry out their activities, require a robot. By understanding the activities where robots can positively influence and contribute to older adults’ QoL, we set specific goals for the future research in the field of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI).
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Alves-Oliveira, P., Petisca, S., Correia, F., Maia, N., Paiva, A. (2015). Social Robots for Older Adults: Framework of Activities for Aging in Place with Robots. In: Tapus, A., André, E., Martin, JC., Ferland, F., Ammi, M. (eds) Social Robotics. ICSR 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9388. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25554-5_2
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