The emergence of care robotics — A patent and publication analysis

Moritz Goeldner, Cornelius Herstatt and Frank Tietze

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2015, vol. 92, issue C, 115-131

Abstract: Care robots are a means to support elderly people affected by physical or mental handicaps to remain as autonomous as possible or regain already lost autonomy (e.g. running stairs). They also support care-takers when working with handicapped. We review the emergence of care robotics technology and particularly offer answers to two research questions: Which organizations and individuals in which countries have been and are active in research and development? How has research and development emerged with regard to activity focus, intensity levels and cooperation?

Keywords: Technology emergence; Care robotics; Bibliometric analysis; Network analysis; Patent and publication data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2014.09.005

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