title: Assessing User Needs and Requirements for Assistive Robots at Home.
abstract: 'Robots in healthcare' is a very trending topic. This paper gives an overview of currently and commonly used methods to gather user needs and requirements in research projects in the field of assistive robotics. Common strategies between authors are presented as well as examples of exceptions, which can help future researchers to find methods suitable for their own work. Typical problems of the field are discussed and partial solutions are proposed.
authors: raltec - Research Group for Assisted Living Technologies, Vienna, Austria.
authors: Katharina
authors: K
authors: Werner
authors: raltec - Research Group for Assisted Living Technologies, Vienna, Austria.
authors: Franz
authors: F
authors: Werner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004867:Equipment Design; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D012371:Robotics; D012656:Self-Help Devices; D014584:User-Computer Interface