Robot assisted activity at a health service facility for the aged for ten weeks: An interim report of a long-term experiment

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering

Volumn 220, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 709-715

  Wada, K ^a   Shibata, T ^a,b   Salto, T ^a   Tanle, K ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly care; Face scale; Health service facility; Human robot interaction; Mental commit robot; Psychotherapy; Robot assisted activity; The aged

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALS; MOBILE ROBOTS; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH SERVICE FACILITY; HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION; MENTAL COMMIT ROBOT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; ROBOT ASSISTED ACTIVITY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 34247175729     PISSN: 09596518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09596518JSCE159     Document Type: Article

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