Table 1.

Summary of papers

Title	Author(s) and year	Country	Participants	Aim	Summary of Main Findings
Perspectives on a telepresence robot at an independent living facility: Lessons learned and implications	Arthanat, S., Rossignol, H., Preble, E., Grimm, K., Corvini, M., Wilcox, J., Aytur, S. and Doyle, M. (2024) [28]	USA	N = 10	To gather the perspectives of residents, trainers and staff at a retirement facility on their experience with a telepresence robot during and following a five-week wellness program	Incremental exposure to the telepresence robot helped to bridge any gaps in technology literacy, increasing confidence. User acceptance enabled the facilitation of social connections, aging in place and the delivery of health services. However, older adults still favoured the delivery of in person healthcare services and support
Mobile remote presence systems for older adults: Acceptance, benefits and concerns	Beer, J. M. and Takayama, L. (2011) [29]	USA	N = 12	To understand older adults' views on what a mobile remote presence (MRP) system may be used for and to understand older adults perceived benefits and concerns about the system	The older adults' opinions of the MRP system were overall positive in nature (66%). The identified benefits of using the system (n = 174) significantly outweighed any related concerns (n = 124), χ2 = 15.4, p <.0001. When the benefits of using technology are clear, older adults are willing to adopt its usage
Acceptance and perceived usefulness of robots to assist with activities of daily living and healthcare tasks	Hall, A. K., Backonja, U., Painter, I., Cakmak, M., Sung, M., Lau, T., Thompson, H. J. and Demiris, G. (2017) [30]	USA (Seattle, Washington Metropolitan Area)	N = 499	To understand acceptance and perceived usefulness of tasks performed by robots among young, middle-aged, and older adults	Robots have the potential to help with the caregiving and domestic needs of the growing ageing population and older adults with multiple chronic conditions. However, less than half (40.2%) of older adults disclosed that robot assistance in the hospital would be acceptable or wanted (p < 0.001)
Are we ready for robots that care for us? Attitudes and opinions of older adults towards socials assistive robots	Pino, M., Boulay, M., Jouen, F. and Rigaud, S. A. (2015) [31]	France (Paris)	N = 25	To clarify several aspects related to the acceptance of Socially Assistive Robots (SAR) by older adults. Also, examining if opinions and attitudes toward SAR differed among three groups of community living older adults	It is a complex task to ensure that the design of SARs are both acceptable and efficient, systems need to be flexible and customisable to adapt. Elderly people concerned by cognitive impairment recognise the potential of SARs for supporting their health and social care at home
Robots for elderly care: Review, multi-criteria optimization model and qualitative case study	Sawik, B., Tobis, S., Baum, E., Suwalska, A., Kropinska, S., Stachnik, K., Perez-Barnabe, E., Cildoz, M., Agustin, A. and Wieczorowska-Tobis, K. (2023) [32]	Poland (Krakow)	N = 12	To perform focus group discussions to collect opinions about robot-related requirements of the elderly	Before introducing the robot to the older person, pre-training should be given that considers a wide range of ethical and practical issues. It is essential to involve the future robot users in preparation and customisation, following the needs and preferences of the older people themselves
Robot companions and sensors for better living: Defining needs to empower low socio-economic older adults at home	Vagnetti, R., Camp, N., Story, M., Ait-Belaid, K., Bamforth, J., Zecca, M., Di Nuovo, A., Mitra, S. and Magistro, D. (2024) [33]	UK	N = 17	To analyse and understand the perception and needs of low-income older adults regarding SARs, monitoring technologies and there use in home	Five key areas were highlighted that should be considered when designing SARs: 1) Promote and monitor an active lifestyle 2) aid with daily errands and provide physical assistance 3) reduce loneliness and isolation 4) considerations relating to monitoring technologies 5) barriers impacting SAR acceptance and usage
Technology to support aging in place: Older adults' perspectives	Wang, S., Bolling, K., Mao, W., Reichstadt, J., Jeste, D., Kim, H. C. and Nebeker, C. (2019) [34]	USA (San Diego, California)	N = 31	To involve the residents of a local senior housing community in conversations about technologies that might facilitate their continued independent living status	The potential benefits offered by technologies were often prevented due to older adults having a lack of confidence in their ability to understand how to use or access them. Also, inadequate software and hardware interfaces cause frustration in older adults' interactions with digital products
Older adults actual use and adoption intention of smart health technologies in Hong Kong	Zhang, J., Wang, H., Lee, B. Y. H., Pang, M. Y. C. and Luximon, Y. (2022) [35]	China (Hong Kong)	N = 8	To investigate if the use of smart health care technologies, participants health status, sensation, and capability could be the motivators of actual use and adoption intention	Nursing and Assistive Robots (NARs) had not been used by any of the participants. However, 62.5% of participants stated that they would be willing to use them (mean = 6.20). Results suggest that gender, age, living situation, cognitive capabilities and educational level can all influence adoption intention