DocumentCode :
2622924
Title :
Social Effects of Robot Therapy in a Care House - Change of Social Network of the Residents for Two Months
Author :
Wada, Kazuyoshi ; Shibata, Takanori
Author_Institution :
Intelligent Syst. Res. Inst., AIST, Tsukuba
fYear :
2007
fDate :
10-14 April 2007
Firstpage :
1250
Lastpage :
1255
Abstract :
Robot therapy for elderly residents in a care house has been conducted since June 2005. Two therapeutic seal robots were introduced and activated for over 9 hours every day to interact with the residents. This paper presents a progress report of this experiment. In order to investigate the psychological and social effects of the robots, each subject was interviewed by using the free pile sort method, and their subjective social network was analysed. In addition, the activities of the residents in public areas were recorded by video cameras during daytime hours (8:30-18:00) for over 2 months. Then, their social network was analysed from the video data objectively. The results showed that the density of the social networks was increased through interaction with the robots subjectively and objectively.
Keywords :
geriatrics; man-machine systems; medical robotics; psychology; social aspects of automation; care house; elderly care; elderly residents; human-robot interaction; mental commit robot; psychological effects; robot therapy; social effects; social network; therapeutic seal robots; video cameras; Animals; Hospitals; Medical robotics; Medical services; Medical treatment; Pediatrics; Psychology; Robots; Senior citizens; Social network services; Elderly Care; Human-Robot Interaction; Mental Commit Robot; Robot Therapy; Social Network Analysis;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2007 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Roma
ISSN :
1050-4729
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0601-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1050-4729
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363156
Filename :
4209260
Link To Document :
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