Title :
The effect of the distance between human and robot in RAA setting
Author :
Yokoyama, Akimitsu ; Hakata, Megumi
Author_Institution :
Animal Sci. Dept., Teikyo Univ. of Sci., Uenohara, Japan
Abstract :
As the developing the pet type robots, many therapeutic trial have conducted in the world. Especially, in the mental care field, we have observed an assistant (the helper of the robot therapy) is very important key person. In this article, we testify the importance with measuring the distance between human (subjects and/or assistants) and robots. The finding is that the effects of the RAA session must is relied on the assistant´ ability.
Keywords :
medical robotics; RAA setting; mental care field; pet type robots; robot therapy; therapeutic trial; Animals; Estimation; Humans; Imaging; Robots; Senior citizens; Robot Assisted Activity(RAA); Robot Assisted Therapy(RAT);
Conference_Titel :
SICE Annual Conference 2010, Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7642-8
