Quantitative analysis of utterance of elderly people in long-term robot assisted activity

Author

Wada, Kazuyoshi ; Shibata, Takanori ; Sakamoto, Kayoko ; Tanie, Kazuo

Author_Institution

Intelligent Syst. Res. Inst., Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol., Ibaraki, Japan

fYear

2005

fDate

13-15 Aug. 2005

Firstpage

267

Lastpage

272

Abstract

A long-term experiment of robot assisted activity for elderly people has been conducted at a health service facility for the aged since Aug. 2003. Three therapeutic seal robots, Paro, were introduced there. This paper describes the results of the experiment for one year. Face scales that consist of illustrations of person´s faces were used to evaluate a person´s moods. In addition, the interaction between elderly people and seal robots was analyzed. As a result, their moods were improved by interaction with the seal robots, and frequency of the utterances of elderly people was increased.

Keywords

geriatrics; handicapped aids; man-machine systems; medical robotics; Paro; elderly people utterance; health service facility; human-robot interactions; long-term robot assisted activity; quantitative analysis; therapeutic seal robots; Animals; Hospitals; Human robot interaction; Medical services; Medical treatment; Mood; Pediatrics; Seals; Senior citizens; Service robots;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2005. ROMAN 2005. IEEE International Workshop on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9274-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROMAN.2005.1513790

Filename

1513790