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Therapeutic robots for older adults: investigating the potential of paro

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HRI '14: Proceedings of the 2014 ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction

Pages 246 - 247

https://doi.org/10.1145/2559636.2559846

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As the population ages, there is an increasing need for socio-emotional support for older adults. Therapeutic pets have been used to meet this need, but there are limitations in the practicality of placing pets in older adults' living environments. More recently therapeutic robots have been proposed as a solution. However, there is limited research on the efficacy of deploying therapeutic robots to provide socio-emotional support to older adults. This study investigates the potential of the Paro robot seal to support older adults' needs while avoiding some of the limitations of current pet therapy approaches. Our results will provide insight about how robots can be designed and deployed to increase therapeutic efficacy.

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Therapeutic robots for older adults: investigating the potential of paro
1. Computer systems organization
  1. Embedded and cyber-physical systems
    1. Robotics
2. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Control methods
      1. Robotic planning
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HRI '14: Proceedings of the 2014 ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction

March 2014

538 pages

ISBN:9781450326582

DOI:10.1145/2559636

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Gerhard Sagerer
Bielefeld University, Germany
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Keio University, Japan
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Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

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