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User-Centered Design of Companion Robot Pets Involving Care Home Resident-Robot Interactions and Focus Groups With Residents, Staff, and Family: Qualitative Study

User-Centered Design of Companion Robot Pets Involving Care Home Resident-Robot Interactions and Focus Groups With Residents, Staff, and Family: Qualitative Study

User-Centered Design of Companion Robot Pets Involving Care Home Resident-Robot Interactions and Focus Groups With Residents, Staff, and Family: Qualitative Study

Hannah Louise Bradwell   1 , PhD ;   Katie Edwards   1 , MSc ;   Deborah Shenton   2 , PhD ;   Rhona Winnington   3 , PhD ;   Serge Thill   4 , PhD ;   Ray B Jones   1 , PhD

1 Centre for Health Technology, Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom

2 Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom

3 Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand

4 Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands

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