Transforming dementia caregiver support with AI-powered social robotics
These results suggest that combining verifiable AI architectures with embodied social robotics offers a feasible, scalable solution for enhancing caregiver support and wellbeing. Future work could include a larger scale user study involving real informal dementia caregivers.
Authors
- Tyler Morris
- Xiaopeng Zhao
- Conor Brown
- Jennifer Martindale-Adams
- Wenjun Zhou
- Sharon Bowland
- Linda Nichols
Institutions
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center (US)
- Veterans Health Administration (US)
- University of Mississippi (US)
- Department of Veterans Affairs (AU)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Robotics and AI
- Published
- 2026-01-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2025.1704313
- Primary Topic
- Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute on Aging