The right of Alexander Peine, Barbara L. Marshall, Wendy Martin, and Louis Neven to be
identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual …

Demographic ageing and the rapid advancement of technology–especially digital
technologies–are two trends that drive profound societal change. In this introduction, we set …

I draw upon Critical Disability Studies and Race Critical Code Studies to apply an
oppositional reading of applied robotics in autism intervention. Roboticists identify care work …

Background A vast body of gerontological research addresses the questions how and why
older adults use new technologies or not. While the majority of them advocate a …

In the context of care, robots are confronted with a double extreme situation: First, a
particularly high degree of humaneness and empathy is insinuated for care situations, ie …