Robot

World Wide Web

Everyday life

Communication

Multidisciplinary approach

Agile software development

Conversation

The Internet

Computer science

Social robot

Robot control

Internet privacy

Internet of Things

Psychology

Political science

Mobile robot

Sociology

Robotics

Artificial intelligence

Software engineering

Knowledge management

Human–computer interaction

USable

Social science

Multimedia

International Journal of Social Robotics

Social companion robots are getting more attention to assist elderly people to stay independent at home and to decrease their social isolation. When developing solutions, one remaining challenge is to design the right applications that are usable by elderly people. For this purpose, co-creation methodologies involving multiple stakeholders and a multidisciplinary researcher team (e.g., elderly people, medical professionals, and computer scientists such as roboticists or IoT engineers) are designed within the ACCRA (Agile Co-Creation of Robots for Ageing) project. This paper will address this research question: How can Internet of Robotic Things (IoRT) technology and co-creation methodologies help to design emotional-based robotic applications? This is supported by the ACCRA project that develops advanced social robots to support active and healthy ageing, co-created by various stakeholders such as ageing people and physicians. We demonstra this with three robots, Buddy, ASTRO, and RoboHon, used for daily life, mobility, and conversation. The three robots understand and convey emotions in real-time using the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence technologies (e.g., knowledge-based reasoning).

Knowledge Engineering Framework for IoT Robotics Applied to Smart Healthcare and Emotional Well-Being