TEDxGeorgiaTech - Jenay Beer - Meet Your Grandparents' Assistant: The Domesticated Robot


Publication Title
TEDxTalks
Publication/Creation Date
May 21 2012
Creators/Contributors
Jenay Beer (creator)
Charlie Kemp (contributor)
Wendy Rogers (contributor)
Georgia Institute Of Technology (contributor)
Human Factors And Aging Laboratory (contributor)
Healthcare Robotics Laboratory (contributor)
Willow Garage (contributor)
Media Type
Video Lecture
Persuasive Intent
Academic
Description
Jenay Beer is a PhD student in Engineering Psychology at Georgia Institute of Technology. In this TEDx lecture, she discusses the future of aging in the context of technology and robotics. Using Willow Garage's PR2 robot as an example, she and her colleagues interviewed older adults in order to determine potential uses for personal robots in a home environment, such as task assistance and medication delivery.
HCI Platform
Robotical
Relation to Body
Around
Source
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ppyWqFdc1Q

Date archived
August 15 2018
Last edited
July 5 2021
How to cite this entry
Jenay Beer. (May 21 2012). "TEDxGeorgiaTech - Jenay Beer - Meet Your Grandparents' Assistant: The Domesticated Robot". TEDxTalks. TED Conferences LLC. Fabric of Digital Life. https://fabricofdigitallife.com/Detail/objects/3124