RoboParrot 2.0: A multi-purpose social robot

Shayan, Amir Mehdi; Sarmadi, Alireza; Pirastehzad, Armin; Moradi, Hadi; Soleiman, Pegah

doi:10.1109/icrom.2016.7886775

Cited by 8 publications

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“…The development of social robots includes several algorithms as well as different implementations, such as face recognition, speech recognition, cognitive and decisionmaking modules [29,39,40,42,44,60,61,66], emotional modules [47,50], and ergonomics [43], which must also be considered fundamental. Achieving new levels of conversational modeling and knowledge and providing intelligent interactive platforms that can interact with users is a promising field [75].…”

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confidence: 99%

Social Robots in Hospitals: A Systematic Review

2021

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Hospital environments are facing new challenges this century. One of the most important is the quality of services to patients. Social robots are gaining prominence due to the advantages they offer; in particular, several of their main uses have proven beneficial during the pandemic. This study aims to shed light on the current status of the design of social robots and their interaction with patients. To this end, a systematic review was conducted using WoS and MEDLINE, and the results were exhaustive analyzed. The authors found that most of the initiatives and projects serve the elderly and children, and specifically, that they helped these groups fight diseases such as dementia, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), cancer, and diabetes.

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confidence: 99%

Social Robots in Hospitals: A Systematic Review

2021

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“…Robots can increase a patient's motivation to do mundane, repetitive or uncomfortable exercises through the use of a robot that does the exercise alongside the patient (Tapus et al, 2007;Schneider and Kummert, 2016). Alternatively, a robot could be used to give the patient more agency and independence over their own treatment by helping someone independently practice meditation (Alimardani et al, 2020), do independent cognitive behavioral therapy (Dino et al, 2019), or home therapy for autism (Shayan et al, 2016). A full analysis of these interactions treats both the teacher and the student, or both the therapist and the patient, as targets of assistance with goals that often align but are not identical.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Instead of performing a procedure itself, a robot can assist a professional when affecting a user's mental state. When a therapist is unable to be physically present with a child, for example, a parrot robot can be employed in the home to entice a child with autism to practice skills learned during a therapy session (Shayan et al, 2016;Bharatharaj et al, 2017). During therapy with agitated patients, introducing a pet-like PARO robot can induce mental states more conducive to effective therapy (Shibata et al, 2001;Sabanovic et al, 2013;Chang and Sabanovic, 2015;Shamsuddin et al, 2017).…”

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Helping People Through Space and Time: Assistance as a Perspective on Human-Robot Interaction

2022

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As assistive robotics has expanded to many task domains, comparing assistive strategies among the varieties of research becomes increasingly difficult. To begin to unify the disparate domains into a more general theory of assistance, we present a definition of assistance, a survey of existing work, and three key design axes that occur in many domains and benefit from the examination of assistance as a whole. We first define an assistance perspective that focuses on understanding a robot that is in control of its actions but subordinate to a user’s goals. Next, we use this perspective to explore design axes that arise from the problem of assistance more generally and explore how these axes have comparable trade-offs across many domains. We investigate how the assistive robot handles other people in the interaction, how the robot design can operate in a variety of action spaces to enact similar goals, and how assistive robots can vary the timing of their actions relative to the user’s behavior. While these axes are by no means comprehensive, we propose them as useful tools for unifying assistance research across domains and as examples of how taking a broader perspective on assistance enables more cross-domain theorizing about assistance.

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“…Several works have studied the combination of animal therapy and games in hospitalized patients, observing their positive effects on morale and stress reduction in kids [40]. However, introducing live animals into a hospital is not always possible, and different approaches are needed to provide similar Several works have replaced real animals with robotic ones, such as a rabbit [41], a parrot [42], a teddy bear [43], a mammoth [33], or cats and dogs [44]. Other studies involve real animals that do not necessarily have to be present at the hospital.…”

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Remote interspecies interactions: Improving humans and animals’ wellbeing through mobile playful spaces

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Carrion-Plaza

Jaén

2019

Pervasive and Mobile Computing

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Play is an essential activity for both humans and animals as it provides stimulation and favors cognitive, physical and social development. This paper proposes a novel pervasive playful environment that allows hospitalized children to participate in remote interspecies play with dogs in a dog daycare facility, while it also allows the dogs to play by themselves with the pervasive system.The aim of this playful interactive space is to help improving both children wellbeing and their relationships by means of technologically mediated play, while creating a solid knowledge base to define the future of pervasive interactive environments for animals.

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RoboParrot 2.0: A multi-purpose social robot

Cited by 8 publications

References 21 publications

Social Robots in Hospitals: A Systematic Review

Social Robots in Hospitals: A Systematic Review

Helping People Through Space and Time: Assistance as a Perspective on Human-Robot Interaction

Remote interspecies interactions: Improving humans and animals’ wellbeing through mobile playful spaces

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