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Front. Robot. AI

Sec. Human-Robot Interaction

Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/frobt.2025.1610329

This article is part of the Research TopicDigital Health Applications of Social RobotsView all articles

Responsible and Adaptive Robots in Care Home Settings: An Implementation Framework Analysis of a Workshop with Public and Professionals

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Andriana BoudourakiAndriana Boudouraki1*Maria WaheedMaria Waheed1Rafael MestreRafael Mestre2Aleksandra LandowskaAleksandra Landowska1Athina GeorgaraAthina Georgara2Jayati DeshmukhJayati Deshmukh2Lokesh SinghLokesh Singh2Ayodeji O AbioyeAyodeji O Abioye2Tan Viet Tuyen NguyenTan Viet Tuyen Nguyen2Yi DongYi Dong3Shuang AoShuang Ao2Dominic PriceDominic Price1Joel FischerJoel Fischer1Aislinn Gomez BerginAislinn Gomez Bergin1
  • 1University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
  • 2University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
  • 3University of Liverpool, Liverpool, North West England, United Kingdom

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As populations grow, research looks to emerging adaptive technologies for the urgent challenge in providing suitable care for older adults. Drawing on implementation science, we conducted a holistic examination looking at broader, contextual factors relating to the acceptability of robotics and sensor technologies in care homes. We held a workshop that brought together members of the public and researchers with experience in care home, to try such technologies and discuss their application in different care home scenarios. Using the NASSS framework, we examine acceptability through the angles of technology, condition, adopters, value proposition, organisation, wider context, and sustainability. While both groups of participants share concerns about the negative impacts of robotics on the quality of care, we also uncovered additional areas of further consideration relating to tensions between stakeholders and constraints around material resources, culture, processes and regulatory considerations.

Keywords: Sensors, Robotics, older adults, care work, healthcare, Qualitative, implementation, Social robots Frontiers

Received: 11 Apr 2025; Accepted: 30 Jun 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Boudouraki, Waheed, Mestre, Landowska, Georgara, Deshmukh, Singh, Abioye, Nguyen, Dong, Ao, Price, Fischer and Gomez Bergin. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Andriana Boudouraki, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

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