On activating human communications with pet-type robot AIBO

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1804-1813

  Fujita, Masahiro ^a  

^a SONY CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

AIBO; Interaction; Lifelike appearance; Mental therapy; Pet type robot; Robot assisted activity therapy

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MOTION CONTROL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIABILITY; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

AIBO; INTERACTION; LIFELIKE APPEARANCE; MENTAL THERAPY; PET-TYPE ROBOT; ROBOT ASSISTED ACTIVITY/THERAPY;

ROBOTS;

EID: 21244438709     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2004.835364     Document Type: Conference Paper

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