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A companion robot is a robot created to create real or apparent companionship for human beings. [1] Target markets for companion robots include the elderly [2] and single children. [3] Companions robots are expected to communicate with non-experts in a natural and intuitive way.
The primary consumer group is elderly people that live alone or in nursing homes, who often suffer from loneliness and social isolation. [3] [10] For this group, robotic pets can be helpful because they often are unable to consistently walk, feed, or otherwise take care of an actual pet. [2]
Seniors can interact with GeriJoy's pets by petting them through the multitouch interface of standard consumer-grade tablets, and can even have intelligent conversations with the pets. Television viewing among the elderly represents a significant percentage of how their waking hours are spent, and the percentage increases directly with age.
Well, great news: there's a robotic alternative that provides all the joy of having a real cat or dog without the hassle of keeping it, you know, alive.In fact, robotic pets might even have the ...
They discuss how robot pets can ease dementia symptoms, tackle loneliness and isolation, and play a role in therapy – as well as whether they could help improve animal welfare and play a bigger ...
Relying on 300-pound bear-faced robots to help nursing home residents get out of bed in the morning is much more effective if those folks actually have a reason to get out of bed in the morning.
Amazon Astro is a home robot developed by Amazon.com, Inc. It was designed for home security monitoring, remote care of elderly relatives, and as a virtual assistant that can follow a person from room to room.
The robots, referred to as SPRING (Socially Assistive Robots in Gerontological Healthcare), are designed to provide comfort to elderly patients and alleviate their anxiety, while reducing the ...