Title :
Robots in mental therapy: Its possibility and danger
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Media Inf., Ryukoku Univ., Otsu, Japan
fDate :
Sept. 27 2009-Oct. 2 2009
Abstract :
The research discusses the meaning that communication robots have in the context of mental therapy. This theoretical discussion is undertaken from a psychological and sociological perspective. It investigates what happens when robots are introduced into current social situations. It focuses on applications of robots that substitute as autonomous artifacts behaving like humans for human therapists.
Keywords :
intelligent robots; medical robotics; psychology; software agents; autonomous artifacts; medical robots; mental therapy; psychological perspective; sociological perspective; Application software; Context; Cultural differences; Educational institutions; Human robot interaction; Humanoid robots; Medical treatment; Psychology; Sociology; Software agents;
Conference_Titel :
Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2009. RO-MAN 2009. The 18th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Toyama
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5081-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1944-9445
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.2009.5326269
