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Applied co‐creation approach to the design and development of a socially assistive robot system to support hardware and software accessibility and acceptability needs of individuals with AD/ADRD and their caregivers

Commercially available socially‐assistive robots (SARs) serve as a promising new assistive technology platform for individuals with early and middle stage AD/ADRD and their caregivers, yet often fail to address the specific usability, accessibility, and acceptability needs of these user groups. Loneliness, social isolation, depression, anxiety, and overall diminished quality of life are symptoms that individuals with AD/ADRD and their caregivers often share. The emerging market of SARs brings an advantage over existing assistive technologies because they provide an opportunity for technology to empathetically and seamlessly provide affordable and scalable solutions to social isolation and loneliness that are often left unaddressed.