外文摘要： By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Robotics & Machine Learning DailyNews Daily News - New research on Robotics - Androids is the subject of a report. According to newsreporting from Kristiansand, Norway, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “People with physical disabilitiesdue to disease or injury face barriers to their daily activities and participation i n society. Manydepend on formal or informal caregivers for assistance to live i ndependently.”The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the University o f Agder, “However,future healthcare challenges due to demographic changes threa ten access to home care and assistants.Assistive technologies, such as robots f or physical assistance, can support the independence and autonomyof people with physical disabilities. This study explore Norwegian care-receivers’ perceptions of using robotassistance in their homes, including preferences for tasks accep table or unacceptable for robot assistanceand the underlying reasons. Purposive sampling was employed to recruit 18 participants, aged between18 and 77 years, with differences in physical function including diagnoses such as stroke, spina l cordinjury, amputations, and muscular dystrophy. Qualitative data were gather ed through four focus groupinterviews wherein participants watched videos featu ring a humanoid assistive robot, EVEr3. The collecteddata underwent analysis us ing reflexive thematic analysis. Three themes with associated sub-themes wereco nstructed: (a) How a robot could assist in daily life, (b) The robot’s appearanc e and functionality, and© Concerns about having a robot as an assistant. The pa rticipants welcomed the idea of a future roboticassistant in areas that may con tribute to an increased feeling of independence and autonomy.”
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