@inproceedings{2394cb4733774b2c81c08ed7b0ea1938,
title = "Exploring Taiwanese nursing homes as product ecologies for assistive robots",
abstract = "Nursing homes and long-term care institutions often need technological assistance because of the high ratio of low-functioning residents coupled with a shortage of caregivers. To explore the potential uses of emerging robotic technologies in nursing homes, we apply Forlizzi's concept of the product ecology and a user-centered design approach involving field observations and focus groups to understand what kind of robot design would be suitable for the nursing home context. Our results show that instead of robots replacing human labor, nursing home staff prefer robot assistants who fit into their work process. We also learned the most appropriate functions for robots in nursing homes were helping with minor tasks and encouraging social interaction among residents. Our study was performed in two nursing homes in Taiwan.",
author = "Chang, {Wan Ling} and Selma Sabanovic",
year = "2015",
month = jan,
day = "23",
doi = "10.1109/ARSO.2014.7020976",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts, ARSO",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
number = "January",
pages = "32--37",
editor = "Henny Admoni and Tamim Asfour and Cindy Bethel and David Bourne and Anca Dragan and David Feil-Seifer and Birgit Graf and Jeonghye Han and Nathan Kirchner and Masashi Konyo and Shinya Kotosaka and Sonya Kwak and Changchun Liu and Bruce MacDonald and Selma Sabanovic and Pericle Salvini and Sebastian Scherer and Masahiro Shiomi and Giancarlo Teti and Stephen Tully and Bram Vanderborght and Kazuyoshi Wada and Britta Wrede and Fumin Zhang",
booktitle = "ARSO 2014 - Workshop Digest, IEEE International Workshop on Advance Robotics and its Social Impacts",
address = "United States",
edition = "January",
note = "9th IEEE International Workshop on Advance Robotics and its Social Impacts, ARSO 2014 ; Conference date: 11-09-2014 Through 13-09-2014",
}