Testing scenarios for using telepresence robots in healthcare settings [PDF]
Computational and Structural Biotechnology JournalThe ageing global population puts heavy pressure on healthcare systems everywhere. Addressing ageing-related chronic conditions requires employment of novel innovative solutions.
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Technology Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries: Role of Telepresence Robots in Healthcare [PDF]
IEEE Engineering Management Review, 2021 Mingzhong Wang +2 more
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Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 2023 Background: This study explores expectations for telepresence robots as a tool to reduce absence in education as school absence negatively influences children's academic advancement and psychosocial wellbeing.
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Fluidity in the Phased Framework of Technology Acceptance: A Case Study to Understand (Older Adult) Participant Journeys Through Acceptance Phases with Mobile Telepresence Robots [PDF]
Applied SciencesLoneliness has a direct impact on mental and physical health. This is especially relevant to older adults. In prior studies, socially isolated older adults wanted technology that would help them feel more physically present even across distances, such as
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Effects of an intercultural seminar using telepresence robots on students’ cultural intelligence
Computers & Education: X Reality, 2023 Student exchanges have been demonstrated to increase students' Cultural Intelligence (CQ). However, global problems in recent years, such as the Coronavirus pandemic, have highlighted the need for digital alternatives to traditional in-person visits. One
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Applied Sciences, 2023 Telepresence robots are gaining more popularity as a means of remote communication and human–robot interaction, allowing users to control and operate a physical robot remotely.
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Facilitators and barriers to using telepresence robots in aged care settings: A scoping review [PDF]
Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering, 2022 Social isolation has been a significant issue in aged care settings, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and is associated with adverse outcomes, including loneliness, depression, and cognitive decline.
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Telepresence robots for academics [PDF]
Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2013 AbstractTelepresence robotics is a sophisticated form of robotic remote control in which a human operator has a sense of being on location – that is, of being telepresent. I propose a demonstration of two telepresence robots, one floor model (VGo) and one tabletop model (KUBI).
Susan C. Herring
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Care partner experience with telepresence robots in long-term care during COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]
Digital HealthObjective As people living with dementia move into long-term care (LTC), their care partners face a difficult role change from primary caregiver to visitor, losing a significant degree of control and direct care involvement.
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Back to school with telepresence robot technology: A qualitative pilot study about how telepresence robots help school‐aged children and adolescents with cancer to remain socially and academically connected with their school classes during treatment [PDF]
Nursing Open, 2020 Aim To explore how an AV1 telepresence robot helps school‐aged children and adolescents with cancer to remain socially and academically connected with their school classes during cancer treatment. Design Qualitative pilot study.
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