Social robotics interactions activities for elders: A real research problem to be solved in assistive robotics

Abstract

Nowadays the amount of people suffering dementia and Alzheimer has increased noticeably, being old people's residence the places where most of them can be found. The main goal of the students of the Assistive Robotics subject is to develop three different activities for a residence in Catalonia. All these activities use a NAO robot as the instructor and motivator of the sessions. The main purpose of developing these activities is to show students a real case scenario, and to introduce them to research, not seen before.