Emotional Interactions between Artificial Companion Agents and the Elderly (Doctoral Consortium)
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As the global population ages and the occurrence of single and “empty nest” elderly household increases, artificial companion agents will play a more important part in seniors’ daily life to bridge some of the gaps left by the shortage of caregiving manpower. This research focuses on improving the emotional interaction strategies of artificial companion agents and advising designers on how to produce agents that fulfil missing social roles around seniors to enhance the believability of these agents.
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Emotional Interactions between Artificial Companion Agents and the Elderly
ii Abstract Artificial companion agents are defined as hardware or software entities designed to provide companionship to a person. The senior population are facing a special demand for companionship. Artificial companion agents have been demonstrated to be useful in therapy, offering emotional companionship and facilitating socialization. However, there is lack of empirical studies on what the...
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