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HOMIE: an artificial companion for elderly people

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Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems archive
CHI '05 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems table of contents

Portland, OR, USA

SESSION: Student design competition table of contents

Pages: 2094 - 2098

Year of Publication: 2005

ISBN:1-59593-002-7

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Simone Kriglstein	Research Group for Industrial Software, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
Gunter Wallner	Research Group for Industrial Software, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

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ACM: Association for Computing Machinery
SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

In this paper we present "Homie" an artificial companion for elderly people. Our approach emphasizes amusement and benefit - amusement in form of entertainment and benefit in terms of medical care. The key to awake elderly people's emotional engagement in an artificial companion is its emotional behavior. Therefore, we propose a companion that does not look technical, which is mostly associated with the words cold and impersonal. Furthermore it features facial expression and gesture. An important design aspect was that it is no additional burden for elderly people. Engaging with it is free and fun.

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