Mayuko Tsujimura
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About
Mayuko Tsujimura is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of gerontechnology, social care policy, and robotics ethics, with a particular focus on the role of home-care robots in addressing the growing global challenge of aging populations. Her work spans comparative international research across Japan, Ireland, and Finland, examining how older adults, family caregivers, and care professionals perceive and engage with assistive robotic technologies. Tsujimura's most influential contribution, a 2020 comparative questionnaire study exploring perceptions of home-care robots across three nations, has garnered 53 citations, reflecting its significance in shaping cross-cultural understanding of care technology adoption. Her research consistently highlights the ethical dimensions of deploying robots in intimate care settings, including concerns around personhood, dignity, and workforce displacement — dimensions frequently overlooked in technology-driven policy discussions. Her 2020 study on home-care professionals' ethical perceptions in Japan has attracted 34 citations, underscoring the urgency of her findings amid Japan's well-documented care workforce crisis. By developing explanatory models for users' ethical perceptions and willingness to adopt care robots, Tsujimura bridges technical robotics research with humanistic social care inquiry. Her body of work is essential reading for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners navigating the complex realities of robot-assisted eldercare.
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- 6The essential needs for home-care robots in Japan10 citations · 2020
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