Robotic companion for diabetic children: Emotional and educational support to diabetic children, through an interactive robot

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 260-263

  Nalin, Marco ^a   Baroni, Ilaria ^a   Sanna, Alberto ^a   Pozzi, Clara ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

diabetes; personal robots; robot therapy; robotic companion

Indexed keywords

DIABETIC PATIENT; INTERACTIVE ROBOT; MEDICAL TREATMENT; PERSONAL ROBOT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; ROBOT THERAPY; SELF EFFICACY;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84864310462     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2307096.2307140     Document Type: Conference Paper

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