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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHAI '24: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction
EditorsMuneeb Imtiaz Ahmad, Katrin Lohan, Mary Ellen Foster, Patrick Holthaus, Yukie Nagai
Place of PublicationNY, United States
PublisherACM Press
Pages376-378
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9798400708244
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 Nov 2024
Event12th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, HAI 2024 - Swansea, United Kingdom
Duration: 24 Nov 202427 Nov 2024
Conference number: 12
https://hai-conference.net/hai2024/

Publication series

NameHAI 2024 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction

Conference

Conference12th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, HAI 2024
Abbreviated titleHAI 2024
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CitySwansea
Period24/11/2427/11/24
Internet address

Keywords

  • human-agent interaction
  • human-robot interaction
  • loneliness
  • social robotics

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