Psychological and Social Effects of One Year Robot Assisted Activity on Elderly People at a Health Service Facility for the Aged

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Wada ◽  
T. Shibata ◽  
T. Saito ◽  
K. Sakamoto ◽  
K. Tanie
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Social Effects ◽  
Robot Assisted ◽  
Service Facility ◽  
One Year

Psychological and Social Effects of Robot-assisted Activity in the Elderly Robot-assisted at Health Service Facilities

2003 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuyoshi Wada ◽  
◽  
Takanori Shibata ◽  
Tomoko Saito ◽  
Kazuo Tanie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Facial Expressions ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Mood States ◽  
Social Effects ◽  
Profile Of Mood States ◽  
Robot Assisted ◽  
Service Facility ◽  
Face Scale

We have been developing cat and seal robots – called "mental commit robots" – to help people psychologically, physiologically, and socially. The actual animal seal robot was developed for use in therapy. We used seal robots to assist the elderly at a health service facility for the aged. To determine psychological and social effects of seal robots in such a setting, we evaluated moods using a face scale, which expresses moods by illustrating facial expressions, and Profile of Mood States, which evaluates moods through a questionnaire. Seal robots used at the facility for three weeks. The moods of elderly people were improved by interaction with them.

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