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Social robots for health applications
Abstract
Social robots are designed to interact with people in a manner that is consistent with human social psychology. They are a particularly intriguing technology in health domains due to their ability to engage people along social and emotional dimensions. In this paper, we highlight a number of interesting opportunities for social robots in healthcare related applications.
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“Robots performing monitoring and assisting with medical tasks have been investigated (Breazeal, 2011; Robinson et al., 2014), echoing design recommendations found in this study.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Breazeal, C.
- Affiliations
- MIT Media Lab (US)
- Corresponding author
- Breazeal, C.
- ORCID
- Breazeal, C.
- Venue
- 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Published
- 2011-08
- Volume
- 2011
- Pages
- 5368-5371
- ISSN
- 2375-7477 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2037998595
- Cited by
- 107
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 6.16
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Speech and dialogue systems
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Keywords
- social robots, medical applications, human-robot interaction, social psychology, emotional engagement
- MeSH terms
- Artificial Intelligence, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Robotics, Social Behavior, Social Isolation, Therapy, Computer-Assisted
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