Dynamic interplay between general experience and robot-specific expertise at older adults' first encounter with a robot: Role for robot acceptance and implications for robot design.

Background Robot acceptance by older adults has been shown to vary widely, hence the question arises how to foster robot acceptance in this target group. Most older adults have little experience with and knowledge about robots. Therefore, general experience acquired during a lifetime in robot-relate...

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Published in:Gerontechnology Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 215 - 232
Main Authors: Baisch, Stefanie, Rolling, Thorsten, Klein, Barbara, Pantel, Johannes, Oswald, Frank, Knopf, Monika
Format: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: International Society for Gerontechnology 2018
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