A Social Robot Activity for Novice Programmers

2021 ◽  
pp. 72-77
Author(s):  
Zimcke Van de Staey ◽  
Natacha Gesquière ◽  
Francis wyffels
Keyword(s):  
Social Robot

scholarly journals Working with a Social Robot in School

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel P. Davison ◽  
Frances M. Wijnen ◽  
Vicky Charisi ◽  
Jan van der Meij ◽  
Vanessa Evers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Robot

Indoor and Outdoor Face Recognition for Social Robot, Sanbot Robot as Case Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erfan Ashtari ◽  
Mohammad Amin Basiri ◽  
Saeid Mohammadi Nejati ◽  
Hemen Zandi ◽  
Seyyed Hossein SeyyedAghaei Rezaei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Social Robot ◽  
Indoor And Outdoor

scholarly journals Mitigating Children’s Pain and Anxiety during Blood Draw Using Social Robots

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1211
Author(s):  
Matthijs H. J. Smakman ◽  
Koen Smit ◽  
Lotte Buser ◽  
Tom Monshouwer ◽  
Nigel van Putten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Young Patients ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Social Robots ◽  
Social Robot ◽  
Blood Collection ◽  
Medical Procedure ◽  
Blood Draw ◽  
The Social ◽  
Children's Pain

Young pediatric patients who undergo venipuncture or capillary blood sampling often experience high levels of pain and anxiety. This often results in distressed young patients and their parents, increased treatment times, and a higher workload for healthcare professionals. Social robots are a new and promising tool to mitigate children’s pain and anxiety. This study aims to purposefully design and test a social robot for mitigating stress and anxiety during blood draw of children. We first programmed a social robot based on the requirements expressed by experienced healthcare professionals during focus group sessions. Next, we designed a randomized controlled experiment in which the social robot was applied as a distraction method to measure its capacity to mitigate pain and anxiety in children during blood draw in a children’s hospital setting. Children who interacted with the robot showed significantly lower levels of anxiety before actual blood collection, compared to children who received regular medical treatment. Children in the middle classes of primary school (aged 6–9) seemed especially sensitive to the robot’s ability to mitigate pain and anxiety before blood draw. Children’s parents overall expressed strong positive attitudes toward the use and effectiveness of the social robot for mitigating pain and anxiety. The results of this study demonstrate that social robots can be considered a new and effective tool for lowering children’s anxiety prior to the distressing medical procedure of blood collection.

A Drink-Serving Mobile Social Robot Selects who to Interact with Using Gaze

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oskar Palinko ◽  
Kerstin Fischer ◽  
Eduardo Ruiz Ramirez ◽  
Lotte Damsgaard Nissen ◽  
Rosalyn M. Langedijk
Keyword(s):  
Social Robot

scholarly journals Bender – A General-Purpose Social Robot with Human-Robot Interaction Abilities

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Ruiz-del-Solar ◽  
Mauricio Correa ◽  
Rodrigo Verschae ◽  
Fernando Bernuy ◽  
Patricio Loncomilla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Purpose ◽  
Social Robot ◽  
Human Robot Interaction ◽  
Robot Interaction

scholarly journals A Survey on Socially Assistive Robotics: Clinicians’ and Patients’ Perception of a Social Robot within Gait Rehabilitation Therapies

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 738
Author(s):  
Denniss Raigoso ◽  
Nathalia Céspedes ◽  
Carlos A. Cifuentes ◽  
Antonio J. del-Ama ◽  
Marcela Múnera
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Robot ◽  
Assistive Robotics ◽  
Gait Rehabilitation ◽  
Unified Theory ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Socially Assistive Robotics ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The Social

A growing interest in Socially Assistive Robotics in Physical Rehabilitation is currently observed; some of the benefits highlight the capability of a social robot to support and assist rehabilitation procedures. This paper presents a perception study that aimed to evaluate clinicians’ and patients’ perception of a social robot that will be integrated as part of Lokomat therapy. A total of 88 participants were surveyed, employing an online questionnaire based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). The participants belong to two health care institutions located in different countries (Colombia and Spain). The results showed an overall positive perception of the social robot (>60% of participants have a positive acceptance). Furthermore, a difference depending on the nature of the user (clinician vs. patient) was found.

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