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Portable robot inspiring walking in elderly people

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Yuri Kumahara,

Yoshikazu MoriAuthors Info & Claims

HAI '14: Proceedings of the second international conference on Human-agent interaction

Pages 145 - 148

https://doi.org/10.1145/2658861.2658908

Published: 29 October 2014 Publication History

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In Japan, which has already become a super aging society, it is important that elderly people maintain their healthy condition both physically and mentally. We have developed a portable robot, "TechTech," which encourages them to take a walk. We infer that the human-robot interaction is crucially important for increasing their motivation to exercise by walking. TechTech talks to elderly people based on information obtained from various sensors: TechTech can judge weather and indoor-outdoor environments. It can also detect sounds and to count steps. It can vary the words and the intervals in conversations. Results obtained from experiments demonstrate that the impressions of dialogues with the robot differ according to a person's age. Elderly people prefer long intervals in conversations.

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Portable robot inspiring walking in elderly people
1. Applied computing
  1. Life and medical sciences

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HAI '14: Proceedings of the second international conference on Human-agent interaction

October 2014

412 pages

ISBN:9781450330350

DOI:10.1145/2658861

General Chairs:
Hideaki Kuzuoka
University of Tsukuba
,
Tetsuo Ono
Hokkaido University
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Program Chairs:
Michita Imai
Keio University
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James E. Young
University of Manitoba

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Giorgi IWatson CPratt CMasala G(2020)Designing Robot Verbal and Nonverbal Interactions in Socially Assistive Domain for Quality Ageing in PlaceHuman Centred Intelligent Systems10.1007/978-981-15-5784-2_21(255-265)Online publication date: 30-May-2020
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5784-2_21
Ni LSun YYang YHe L(2019)Human-Engaged Health Care Services Recommendation for Aging and Long-term Care2019 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD)10.1109/CSCWD.2019.8791885(339-344)Online publication date: May-2019
https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCWD.2019.8791885
Leong TJohnston B(2016)Co-design and Robots: A Case Study of a Robot Dog for Aging PeopleSocial Robotics10.1007/978-3-319-47437-3_69(702-711)Online publication date: 7-Oct-2016
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47437-3_69

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