Living with Seal Robots in a Care House - Evaluations of Social and Physiological Influences
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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 the results of this experiment. In order to investigate the psychological and social effects of the robots, the activities of the residents in public areas were recorded by video cameras during daytime hours (8:30-18:00) for over 2 months. In addition, the hormones 17-Ketosteroid sulfate (17-KS-S) and 17-hydroxycorticosteroids (17-OHCS) in the residents' urine were obtained and analyzed. The results indicate that their social interaction was increased through interaction with the seal robots. Furthermore, the results of the urinary tests showed that the reactions of the subjects' vital organs to stress improved after the introduction of the robots
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- Authors
- Wada, K., & Shibata, T.
- Affiliations
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (JP)
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JP)
- Venue
- 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Published
- 2006-10
- Pages
- 4940-4945
- ISSN
- 2153-0858 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2160089731
- Cited by
- 39
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.86
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Keywords
- robot therapy, elderly residents, care homes, social interaction, physiological stress response, urinary 17-ketosteroids, urinary 17-hydroxycorticosteroids, human-robot interaction
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