Spill the Tea: When Robot Conversation Agents Support Well-being for Older Adults

Weslie Khoo, Long-Jing Hsu, Kyrie Jig Amon, Pranav Vijay Chakilam, Wei-Chu Chen, Zachary Kaufman, Agness Lungu, Hiroki Sato, Erin Seliger, Manasi Swaminathan, Katherine M. Tsui*, David J. Crandall & Selma Šabanović
Indiana University Bloomington, *Toyota Research Institute

Corresponding Author, Selma at selmas@indiana.edu

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