New Study Finds Little Resistance to Robots among Personal Caregivers
From: Robotic Trends - 05/02/2013

In the medical field, the capability exists for robots to assist with general
caregiving tasks, such as housework, feeding and walking. Healthcare workers,
however, are going to be the first gauntlet these robots must run before
being offered for wider use. A new study out of the Georgia Institute of
Technology shows nurses and nurses assistants would be willing to welcome a
robot into their workspace depending upon the task at hand.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.roboticstrends.com/service_healthcare/article/new_study_finds_little_resistance_to_robots_among_personal_caregivers

Links:
Georgia Tech’s Human Factors and Aging Laboratory
http://hfaging.gatech.edu/

Interview: Cory-Ann Smarr, Georgia Institute of Technology’s Human Factors and Aging Laboratory
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1112731852/robot-assistant-interview-smarr/

How Do Older People Feel about Having a Robot Assistant in the Home
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1112721034/robot-elderly-home-102612/

Tracy Mitzner
http://www.psychology.gatech.edu/Hfa/mitzner.html