Healthy volunteers
Accepted
The inclusion criteria of this program are: (1) being aged 65 or above, (2) living within the elderly community center for at least 1 month, and (3) being capable of interacting with a robot.
The participants were not eligible if they were: (1) already engaged in other socially assistive robot programs, (2) diagnosed with severe psychiatric problems, (3) bed-bound, or (4) living in an area with no Internet coverage.