Therapeutic seal robot as biofeedback medical device: Qualitative and quantitative evaluations of robot therapy in dementia care

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2527-2538

  Shibata, Takanori ^a  

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

Author keywords

Biofeedback medical device; brain research; dementia; elderly care; human robot interaction; robot therapy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOFEEDBACK; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT;

BRAIN RESEARCH; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; MEDICAL DEVICES; ROBOT THERAPY;

HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION;

EID: 84864148759     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2012.2200559     Document Type: Conference Paper

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