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- ArticleDecember 2023
Robot Companions and Sensors for Better Living: Defining Needs to Empower Low Socio-economic Older Adults at Home
- Roberto Vagnetti,
- Nicola Camp,
- Matthew Story,
- Khaoula Ait-Belaid,
- Joshua Bamforth,
- Massimiliano Zecca,
- Alessandro Di Nuovo,
- Suvo Mitra,
- Daniele Magistro
AbstractPopulation ageing has profound implications for economies and societies, demanding increased health and social services. The global older adult population is steadily growing, presenting challenges. Addressing this reality, investing in older ...
- ArticleFebruary 2023
Perceptions of Socially Assistive Robots Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults
- Nicola Camp,
- Alessandro Di Nuovo,
- Kirsty Hunter,
- Julie Johnston,
- Massimiliano Zecca,
- Martin Lewis,
- Daniele Magistro
AbstractSocially assistive robots (SARs) have many potential benefits for older adults, such as reducing loneliness and assisting with healthcare interventions. However, little is known about how they are perceived by older adults. This study aimed to ...
- research-articleDecember 2016
Comparison of gait event detection from shanks and feet in single-task and multi-task walking of healthy older adults
2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)Pages 2063–2068https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2016.7866633Automatic and objective detection algorithms for gait events from MEMS Inertial Measurement Units data have been developed to overcome subjective inaccuracy in traditional visual observation. Their accuracy and sensitivity have been verified with healthy ...