Abstract
Loneliness is rising amongst several age groups in several countries with older UK adults being one of the affected populations. Early work from South Korea on the use of a network of social robots exchanging activity information between different households, so-called g living noise', yielded positive results in incentivizing communication between young professionals, thereby reducing loneliness. In this short article, we report the results of a co-design workshop held with lonely, older UK adults that aimed to determine the potential of adoption of living noise transmission amongst this population. The results were encouraging and will feed into future work involving the deployment of robots and virtual avatars in people's homes.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | HAI '24: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction |
Editors | Muneeb Imtiaz Ahmad, Katrin Lohan, Mary Ellen Foster, Patrick Holthaus, Yukie Nagai |
Place of Publication | NY, United States |
Publisher | ACM Press |
Pages | 376-378 |
Number of pages | 3 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9798400708244 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 24 Nov 2024 |
Event | 12th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, HAI 2024 - Swansea, United Kingdom Duration: 24 Nov 2024 → 27 Nov 2024 Conference number: 12 https://hai-conference.net/hai2024/ |
Publication series
Name | HAI 2024 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction |
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Conference
Conference | 12th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, HAI 2024 |
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Abbreviated title | HAI 2024 |
Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Swansea |
Period | 24/11/24 → 27/11/24 |
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Keywords
- human-agent interaction
- human-robot interaction
- loneliness
- social robotics