Beyond Companionship: Robotic Pets as Embodied Communication Media for Older Adults
An empirical account of how older adults imagine petlike embodiment carrying another person's presence, the concept of robotic pets as embodied communication media, and a four-part sensitizing framework organized around relational purpose, source of agency, mode of embodiment, and governance are contributed.
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