Let's make up a story: design and evaluation of an improvisational storytelling robot to foster older adults' meaning and purpose in life
We provide design implications for an autonomous storytelling robot and discuss the potential for information collected during the storytelling activity to further foster exploration of meaning and purpose among older adults.
Authors
- Waki Kamino
- David Crandall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5827-5344)
- Long-Jing Hsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9975-9436)
- Katherine M. Tsui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1262-4083)
- Swapna Joshi
- Abhijeet Agnihotri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6361-3769)
- Selma Šabanović
- Natasha Randall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0235-5262)
- Weslie Khoo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1317-1293)
- Erin Seliger
- Kyrie Jig Amon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4915-2457)
Institutions
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- Toyota Research Institute
- Milwaukee School of Engineering (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Dementia
- Published
- 2025-12-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/frdem.2025.1691140
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.44
Funders
- Toyota Research Institute