Caring Robots

Caring Robots / Christopher Frauenberger, Ralf Vetter, Matthias Hirschmanner - Photo: CaringRobots Project

IT:U Exhibition

Exhibit

Caring Robots

Robotic Care?

Christopher Frauenberger (AT), Ralf Vetter (AT), Matthias Hirschmanner (AT)

This interactive exhibit showcases a research prototype developed within the Caring Robots // Robotic Care? project. The prototype is specifically designed to engage older adults affected by dementia in care facilities. The prototype uses an AI-driven conversational system that draws on biographical information to enhance a sense of personal acknowledgement and value—without creating a false pretense of a “sentient” or caregiving machine. Visitors can experience the system firsthand and engage in conversations with the project developers about how robotics and AI could—and ought to—shape the future of elder care.

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Credits

IT:U, Caring Robots Research Project (funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF CM100)

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