RT info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject T1 Towards the acceptance of care robots by senior users A1 Pinillos Herrero, Roberto A1 Marcos Pablos, Samuel A1 Gómez García-Bermejo, Jaime A1 Zalama Casanova, Eduardo K1 Human-robot interaction K1 Interacción hombre-robot K1 Interfaces design K1 Diseño de interfaces K1 Social robotics K1 Robótica social K1 1203.04 Inteligencia Artificial AB The acceptance and usability of robots by their final users differs from the acceptance of other types of technological innovations, and these differences are even more accentuated in the case of Social Assistive Robotics intended for the senior people. In addition, it has to be taken into account that a robotic system that has only been tested with regular users may not meet older users’ expectations. For that reason, it becomes necessary to involve the said users in the design and testing process. On the other hand, in the robotics field, it is common practice to try and reuse robotic designs and implementations in different scenarios. However, in the particular case of social robotics, many developed services and robot behaviors do not translate well between domains or even subdomains. In the present paper, we present the results of the first interaction experiments between the humanoid robot Sacarino and two groups of users: middle-aged users under lab conditions and senior users in a care facility. Sacarino is a humanoid mobile robotic platform initially designed to provide information and accompany guests in a hotel. With the current experiments, we aim to explore the extent to which the results obtained in a hotel environment can be extrapolated to the assistive environment and if a robotic system intended for senior people can operate properly in real conditions, having only been tested with regular users. PB Association for Computing Machinery. YR 2020 FD 2020 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/48619 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/48619 LA eng NO García Peñalvo, Francisco José; García Holgado, Alicia. TEEM'20: Eighth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality. Salamanca, Spain: Association for Computing Machinery, 2020, p. 422–429 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 29-abr-2024