Miro

Collins, Emily C.; Prescott, Tony J.; Mitchinson, Ben; Conran, Sebastian

doi:10.1145/2832932.2832978

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“…It is designed as a biomimetic system and its design (in terms of form and function) does not aim to be humanlike (Fig. 2 ), but instead takes its cues from (lower) mammalian brain and behavioural systems (such as a rabbit or dog [ 77 ]). The developers explicitly justify their design choice of animal morphology as a strategy to mitigate potential disappointment of users and their expectations towards the social capabilities of the robot.…”

Section: What Can Social Robotics Learn From the Social Behaviouralmentioning

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“…The developers explicitly justify their design choice of animal morphology as a strategy to mitigate potential disappointment of users and their expectations towards the social capabilities of the robot. The design of the robot features light patterns under the translucent shell of the back, which satisfies two goals: the simple communication of affect and increasing the salience of the interaction with an artificial, rather than a real, social agent [ 77 ]. The robot, which evokes a pet-like impression, includes characteristics modelled from “puppies, kittens and rabbits” ([ 77 ], p. 2).…”

Section: What Can Social Robotics Learn From the Social Behaviouralmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The design of the robot features light patterns under the translucent shell of the back, which satisfies two goals: the simple communication of affect and increasing the salience of the interaction with an artificial, rather than a real, social agent [ 77 ]. The robot, which evokes a pet-like impression, includes characteristics modelled from “puppies, kittens and rabbits” ([ 77 ], p. 2). This robot is described as an ‘edutainment’ product, which alludes to its intended purpose as an educational tool for children.…”

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What Makes a Robot Social? A Review of Social Robots from Science Fiction to a Home or Hospital Near You

2021

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Purpose of Review We provide an outlook on the definitions, laboratory research, and applications of social robots, with an aim to understand what makes a robot social—in the eyes of science and the general public. Recent Findings Social robots demonstrate their potential when deployed within contexts appropriate to their form and functions. Some examples include companions for the elderly and cognitively impaired individuals, robots within educational settings, and as tools to support cognitive and behavioural change interventions. Summary Science fiction has inspired us to conceive of a future with autonomous robots helping with every aspect of our daily lives, although the robots we are familiar with through film and literature remain a vision of the distant future. While there are still miles to go before robots become a regular feature within our social spaces, rapid progress in social robotics research, aided by the social sciences, is helping to move us closer to this reality.

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What Makes a Robot Social? A Review of Social Robots from Science Fiction to a Home or Hospital Near You

2021

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“…With the correct programming, MiRo will be able to engage emotionally with older persons. It would be able to provide amusement and companionship while the older persons are alone which alleviates isolation and encourages the older persons to look after themselves [111] [112] [113] [114].…”

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Caring for Older Persons in a Technologically Advanced Nursing Future

Pepito¹,

Locsin²,

Constantino³

2019

Health

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As people live longer, a larger percentage will live with multiple chronic conditions and functional impairments such as difficulties with activities of daily living, mobility, and the management of one's household. The purpose of this paper is to examine the care of older persons in a technologically advanced nursing future by discussing roles and responsibilities of nurses who practice gerontological nursing, and explaining how a technologically advanced future would change the delivery of home health care for older persons in the community. The theory of Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing grounds 3 processes of nursing as knowing persons as caring, wholeness is oneness, and caring as a multi-dimensional process. Harnessing technology for the health of older persons would enable them to live independently, socially engaged, and safely. A technologically advanced nursing future leads to concomitant sustainable disruptive and frugal innovations in healthcare. Nurses in practice must take advantage of these disruptions and consider frugal innovations as the futures of nursing education, practice, and research are here.

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“…Mubin and colleagues[73] investigated the use of Pepper and Nao in public spaces, and a range of studies have evaluated Pepper's social acceptability in shopping malls, elderly care homes, remote classrooms, and as a customer service employee in a hotel lobby[24,74,75,76].While in these contexts a humanoid robot may be valuable, other developers have taken a different approach with the MiRo robot (Consequential Robotics). It is designed as a biomimetic system and its design (in terms of form and function) does not aim to be humanlike (Figure 2), but instead takes its cues from (lower) mammalian brain and behavioural systems (such as a rabbit or dog[77]). The developers explicitly justify their design choice of animal morphology as a strategy to mitigate potential disappointment of users and their expectations towards the social capabilities of the robot.…”

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What Makes a Robot Social? A Review of Social Robots from Fiction to a Home or Hospital Near You

Henschel¹,

Laban²,

Cross³

2020

Preprint

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Purpose of review: We provide an outlook on the definitions, laboratory research, and applications of social robots, with an aim to understand what makes a robot social – in the eyes of science and the general public. Recent Findings: Social robots demonstrate their potential when deployed within contexts appropriate to their form and functions. Some examples include companions for the elderly and cognitively impaired individuals, robots within educational settings, and as tools to support cognitive and behavioural change interventions. Summary: Science fiction has inspired us to conceive of a future with autonomous robots helping with every aspect of our daily lives, although the robots we are familiar with through film and literature remain a vision of the distant future. While there are still miles to go before robots become a regular feature within our social spaces, rapid progress in social robotics research, aided by the social sciences, is helping to move us closer to this reality.

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Miro

Cited by 20 publications

References 8 publications

What Makes a Robot Social? A Review of Social Robots from Science Fiction to a Home or Hospital Near You

What Makes a Robot Social? A Review of Social Robots from Science Fiction to a Home or Hospital Near You

Caring for Older Persons in a Technologically Advanced Nursing Future

What Makes a Robot Social? A Review of Social Robots from Fiction to a Home or Hospital Near You

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