Centre of Sociological Research on the Economy and the Internet, The Institute of Sociological Sciences, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 18;19(6):3630. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19063630.
The proposed research aims to investigate the problem of age-friendly robot designing from the perspective of the potential end-users. The initial objectives addressed three main issues: how the elderly envision robots and their knowledge on technological development; age-friendly robot design; the elderly's involvement in the robot design process. The empirical material analyzed are the results of in-depth interviews with people aged 70+. A sociological approach is proposed, based mainly on criticism of writing and the analytical and synthetic method. The theoretical framework is the perspective of an ageing society and technogerontology. The sociological approach enables better understanding of the sensitive problems of age-friendly robot designing from the individual point of view. It is concluded with a conceptual discussion on designing robots for the elderly. In particular, it is revealed how these issues could help in shaping social consensus about age-friendly technologies.
本研究旨在从潜在的最终用户的角度探讨对老年人友好的机器人设计问题。最初的目标解决了三个主要问题：老年人对机器人的设想以及他们对技术发展的了解；对老年人友好的机器人设计；老年人参与机器人设计过程。分析的实证材料是对 70 岁以上人群进行深入访谈的结果。提出了一种社会学方法，主要基于对写作的批判以及分析和综合方法。理论框架是老龄化社会和技术老年学的视角。社会学方法可以从个体角度更好地理解对老年人友好的机器人设计的敏感问题。最后，就为老年人设计机器人进行了概念性讨论。特别是，揭示了这些问题如何有助于塑造关于对老年人友好的技术的社会共识。
