TY - GEN
T1 - Humanoid Robots for Health and Welfare
T2 - on humanoid robots as a welfare technology used in interaction with persons with dementia
AU - Strandbech, Jens Dinesen
N1 - PhD supervisor:
Professor Ann Bygholm, Aalborg University
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This dissertation takes an exploratory approach to investigating the interactions between the Functionally Designed Socially Assistive Robot Telenoid in interaction with elderly persons with severe dementia. Initially, the dissertation reviews the current state of research into Humanoid Socially Assistive Robots in the domain of Health and Welfare. Then a Constructivist Grounded Theory Method is applied to characterise and explicate the interactions between six Participants with sever dementia and Telenoid. The following qualitative analysis of interactions reveals both specific and general Participant interaction scripts, appropriations and point of improvement. In addition the conclusions and discussions adds to the body of knowledge on the application of these robots by revealing some of the roles, challenges and opportunities Humanoid Socially Assistive Robots can adopt to, create and fulfil in the Health and Welfare system of tomorrow
AB - This dissertation takes an exploratory approach to investigating the interactions between the Functionally Designed Socially Assistive Robot Telenoid in interaction with elderly persons with severe dementia. Initially, the dissertation reviews the current state of research into Humanoid Socially Assistive Robots in the domain of Health and Welfare. Then a Constructivist Grounded Theory Method is applied to characterise and explicate the interactions between six Participants with sever dementia and Telenoid. The following qualitative analysis of interactions reveals both specific and general Participant interaction scripts, appropriations and point of improvement. In addition the conclusions and discussions adds to the body of knowledge on the application of these robots by revealing some of the roles, challenges and opportunities Humanoid Socially Assistive Robots can adopt to, create and fulfil in the Health and Welfare system of tomorrow
U2 - 10.5278/vbn.phd.hum.00092
DO - 10.5278/vbn.phd.hum.00092
M3 - PhD thesis
T3 - Aalborg Universitet. Det Humanistiske Fakultet. Ph.D.-Serien
PB - Aalborg Universitetsforlag
ER -