# Example: A robot for grandma

This is an example of a very common research design pattern: first up is to obtain an overview of the situation and existing work in Field and Library, then come to a possible solution in the Workshop, to then evaluate this in Lab and Showroom. This is an example of a linear process.

A request, opportunity or problem to solve often comes from the application context. For example, you visit your grandma, and she tells you she often feels lonely. You have heard before that it is common for elderly to feel this way. Apparently, this is a frequently occurring problem. You just happened to have obtained some experience with robots during a project in the previous quartile. Could robots provide a suitable solution here?