Overview and Categorization of Robots Supporting Independent Living of Elderly People: What Activities Do They Support and How Far Have They Developed.
Over the past decades, many robots for the elderly have been developed, supporting different activities of elderly people. A systematic review in four scientific literature databases and a search in article references and European projects was performed in order to create an overview of robots suppo...
| Published in: | Assistive Technology Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 88 - 101 |
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| Format: | research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Summer2015
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