Title :
Quantitative analysis of utterance of elderly people in long-term robot assisted activity
Author :
Wada, Kazuyoshi ; Shibata, Takanori ; Sakamoto, Kayoko ; Tanie, Kazuo
Author_Institution :
Intelligent Syst. Res. Inst., Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
A long-term experiment of robot assisted activity for elderly people has been conducted at a health service facility for the aged since Aug. 2003. Three therapeutic seal robots, Paro, were introduced there. This paper describes the results of the experiment for one year. Face scales that consist of illustrations of person´s faces were used to evaluate a person´s moods. In addition, the interaction between elderly people and seal robots was analyzed. As a result, their moods were improved by interaction with the seal robots, and frequency of the utterances of elderly people was increased.
Keywords :
geriatrics; handicapped aids; man-machine systems; medical robotics; Paro; elderly people utterance; health service facility; human-robot interactions; long-term robot assisted activity; quantitative analysis; therapeutic seal robots; Animals; Hospitals; Human robot interaction; Medical services; Medical treatment; Mood; Pediatrics; Seals; Senior citizens; Service robots;
Conference_Titel :
Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2005. ROMAN 2005. IEEE International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9274-4
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.2005.1513790
