Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026The impact of encouraging utterances by a human partner and a conversational robot on older adults’ subjective well-being: a 6-week sustained interactionLingxuan Xiang · Hideaki KikuchiFrontiers in Robotics and AIdoi 10.3389/frobt.2026.1866995
Original ResearchPublished 26 August 2026An online survey of encouragement strategies for older adults’ daily worries: a conversational robot versus a human partnerLingxuan Xiang · Marin Nishimura · Hideaki KikuchiFrontiers in Robotics and AIdoi 10.3389/frobt.2026.1843519