Abstract: Background: There has been a rapid increase in the population of senior citizens in many countries. The shortage of caregivers is becoming a pressing concern. Robots are being deployed in an attempt to fill this gap and reduce the workload of caregivers. This study explores how healthcare …

Het lectoraat Technology, Health & Care van Saxion doet onderzoek naar de acceptatie van sociale technologie en de interactie tussen professionals en cliënten, in combinatie met een robot. In dit kwalitaieve onderzoek is gekeken naar de effectiviteit van Paro in de vermindering van eenzaamheid bij mentaal …

Technological developments have a major impact on how we live, work and learn together. Several authors refer to a fourth revolution in which robots and other intelligent systems take over an increasing number of the current (routine) tasks carried out by humans (Brynjolfsson & McAfee, 2014; Est et al., …

Background: Older adults are a rapidly growing group world-wide, requiring an increasing amount of healthcare. Technological innovations such as care robots may support the growing demand for care. However, hardly any studies address those who will most closely collaborate with care robots: the (trainee) …

Door de toenemende vergrijzing neemt het aantal ouderen en daarmee het aantal mensen met dementie, toe. Steeds langer blijft deze groep mensen thuis wonen. Om de zelfredzaamheid van menen met dementie in de thuissituatie te behouden, spelen mantelzorgers en zorgmedewerkers een grote rol, maar ook wordt …

Research and development of robots which can support elderly or disabled people is pursued to increase the quality of home care. With the ever increasing quality and functions of robots, full-time care by these robots becomes feasible. To make the robot function without any human interferences, the robot …

Robot-assisted therapy has been researched for more than a decade and has been dominated by the seal shaped robot Paro. It is however unclear unto what extent the development of Paro has been based upon requirements that are mentioned by care professionals. In this pilot study we interviewed two groups …

Robot assisted therapy has been applied in care for older adults who suffer from dementia for over ten years. Strong effects like improved interac-tion and signs of a higher sense of wellbeing have been reported. Still it is un-clear which features are needed and which robotic pets would are suitable …

In dit hanteerbaarheids onderzoek werd nagegaan wat patiënten in de leeftijdscategorie van 65 jaar en ouder vonden van het aangeboden programma waarbij er door middel van een kleine, op afstand bestuurbare robot genaamd de “Tri-bot” getraind werd. De twee belangrijkste doelstellingen waren het onderzoeken …