Teleoperated android as an embodied communication medium: A case study with demented elderlies in a care facility

Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1066-1071

  Yamazaki, Ryuji ^a,b   Nishio, Shuichi ^a   Ogawa, Kohei ^c   Ishigur, Hiroshi ^a,c  

^a ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; EMBODIED COMMUNICATION; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS; HUMANOID ROBOT; MILD DEMENTIA; NEW MEDIA; SENIOR CITIZENS; TELEOPERATED;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84870812220     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2012.6343890     Document Type: Conference Paper

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