DocumentCode
2335168
Title
Robots in mental therapy: Its possibility and danger
Author
Nomura, Tatsuya
Author_Institution
Dept. of Media Inf., Ryukoku Univ., Otsu, Japan
fYear
2009
fDate
Sept. 27 2009-Oct. 2 2009
Firstpage
569
Lastpage
572
Abstract
The research discusses the meaning that communication robots have in the context of mental therapy. This theoretical discussion is undertaken from a psychological and sociological perspective. It investigates what happens when robots are introduced into current social situations. It focuses on applications of robots that substitute as autonomous artifacts behaving like humans for human therapists.
Keywords
intelligent robots; medical robotics; psychology; software agents; autonomous artifacts; medical robots; mental therapy; psychological perspective; sociological perspective; Application software; Context; Cultural differences; Educational institutions; Human robot interaction; Humanoid robots; Medical treatment; Psychology; Sociology; Software agents;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2009. RO-MAN 2009. The 18th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Toyama
ISSN
1944-9445
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5081-7
Electronic_ISBN
1944-9445
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ROMAN.2009.5326269
Filename
5326269
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