Getting to Know and Interacting with the Social Robot Zenbo™: An Exploratory Study with Brazilian Older Adults

Social robots have been seen as a potential tool to assist older people in various activities. However, little is known on the perception of older people about this type of technology in a country like Brazil, where technological access is limited. Before promoting studies aimed at using social robo...

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Published in2022 IEEE Games, Entertainment, Media Conference (GEM) pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors Araujo, Bruno S., Araujo, Joao Victor F., Fantinato, Marcelo, Cachioni, Meire, Riga, Otavio H., Albuquerque, Otavio P., Giorgi, Pedro Augusto S., Melo, Ruth C., Batistoni, Samila S. T., Peres, Sarajane M., Hung, Patrick C. K.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 27.11.2022
Subjects
attitudinal indicators
motivational indicators
NEMA
Older adults
open university for the elderly
Python
Social robots
Software
Technology acceptance model
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Summary:Social robots have been seen as a potential tool to assist older people in various activities. However, little is known on the perception of older people about this type of technology in a country like Brazil, where technological access is limited. Before promoting studies aimed at using social robots for this target audience, it is necessary to understand how they will receive these devices. This paper reports an exploratory study that evaluated the perception of older people, at a university open for the elderly in Brazil, about a social robot. The results showed that, although seen as a great novelty, most participants were quite receptive to the idea of having a social robot helping them in some activities or even being an occasional companion. As a limitation, the robot is not prepared to communicate in Portuguese.
ISSN:2766-6530
DOI:10.1109/GEM56474.2022.10017864