Robot caregivers: harbingers of expanded freedom for all?

Borenstein, Jason; Pearson, Yvette E.

doi:10.1007/s10676-010-9236-4

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“…This is partly because research in this field possibly will play a progressive role in our lives (Borenstein & Pearson, 2010).…”

Section: Ethic and Robot Carementioning

confidence: 99%

Personal Care Robots for Older Adults: An Overview

Hosseini¹,

Goher²

2016

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In recent decades, the usages of robots in variety of industries have been increased. Self-directed robots have appeared in human lives, specifically, in the areas related to the lives of elderly. The population of old people is significantly growing worldwide. Therefore, there the demand for personal care robots is increasing. The aim of this demand is to enhance the opportunity of mobility and promote independence. In the future, robots care will be in very near contact with people lives. But, what caring roles will robots have at home in the future before old persons? It depends not only on the kinds of robots but also those facets of ageing which are discussed in the paper. This article probes the part and function of robots care in the lifecycle of older adults. It contemplates on the advantages and disadvantages of robots application in human life.

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“…This is partly because research in this field possibly will play a progressive role in our lives (Borenstein & Pearson, 2010).…”

Section: Ethic and Robot Carementioning

confidence: 99%

Personal Care Robots for Older Adults: An Overview

Hosseini¹,

Goher²

2016

ASS

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“…This criticism is based on the assumption that values such as hope, coping, vulnerability, dignity, meaningfulness or proximity, which are essential core aspects of the human care-giving activity, cannot yet be meaningfully replaced with technologies (Hofmann, 2012). The person-to-person interaction is emphasised as very important (Walsh and Callan, 2011) as opposed to the drives towards replacement of human care with ICT devices (Borenstein and Pearson, 2010;Coeckelbergh, 2010;Oost and Reed, 2011;Portet et al, 2011;R. Sparrow and L. Sparrow, 2006;Vallor, 2011).…”

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“…Whilst being aware of the strenuous work during care-giving, she points out that in most of the literature about assistive technologies (or as she calls them 'carebots'), the practice of care-giving per se is usually suggested as "nothing except a burden" (Vallor, 2011, p. 255). According to her, emotional and social support is considered as a 'task' (R. Sparrow and L. Sparrow, 2006), or care-giving as simply a 'burden', which technologies can help reduce (Borenstein and Pearson, 2010). Stip and Rialle (2005) mention the threat that artificial intelligence poses in replacing the physician/care-giver by a pure data-manager of a database, transforming the notion of patient to a disembodied and virtualised user that is manageable from a distance.…”

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“…The feedback from users for design is crucial because every target user is a domain expert (Allen et al, 2008). Borenstein and Pearson (2010), quoting Oosterlaken, emphasises that the details of design are morally significant. Details such as a step-by-step design (Aarts et al, 2007;Burleson et al, 2012;Pulli et al, 2012), or large and coloured buttons (O'Neill, Parente, et al, 2011;Picking et al, 2012), and the overall intuitiveness (Maguire et al, 2011) of a system are preferred if these are helpful for the end-users.…”

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“…, Gaul and Ziefle (2009) Allen et al (2008), Aarts et al (2007), Borenstein and Pearson (2010), Burleson et al (2012), Duquenoy (2004), Francis et al (2009), Hersh et al (2003, Kosta, Pitkanen, et al (2008), Kosta, Pitkänen, et al (2010), Lorenzen-Huber et al …”

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Robot caregivers: harbingers of expanded freedom for all?

Cited by 74 publications

References 35 publications

Personal Care Robots for Older Adults: An Overview

Personal Care Robots for Older Adults: An Overview

A Review of Contemporary Work on the Ethics of Ambient Assisted Living Technologies for People with Dementia

Beyond distributions and primary goods: Assessing applications of rawls in information science and technology literature since 1990

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