Emotional Robotics in Elder Care – A Comparison of Findings in the UK and Germany

Barbara Klein; Glenda Cook

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-34103-8_11

Emotional Robotics in Elder Care – A Comparison of Findings in the UK and Germany

Barbara Klein, Glenda Cook

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Abstract

Robot-therapy with emotional robots is a new approach for people with cognitive impairments. This article looks at explorative findings of the therapeutic seal PARO in a practice network in England and findings of PARO and the toy dinosaur PLEO in teaching research projects in Germany. The findings in the UK and Germany have comparable outcomes on social interaction of the residents. Examples of the outcomes are presented and analysed with respect to the question in how far there are indicators for a new quality of interaction due to the robotic intervention and in how far it can contribute to interventions which enhance social interaction in care.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	108-117
Journal	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	7621
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34103-8_11
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

Emotional robotics
elder care
nursing homes
dementia
methodology

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