Robots popular with older adults

(Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena) A new study by psychologists from the University of Jena (Germany) does not confirm that robot skepticism among elder people is often suspected in science. 'In the tests, the older participants made a clearly positive assessment of the machines - and were even more open-minded towards them than the younger comparison group,' says Prof. Stefan Schweinberger of the University of Jena. The decisive factor for the acceptance of robots was how human the machines were designed.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news