Shuo Zhou
Timothy Bickmore
ABSTRACT
We describe the design and evaluation of a humanoid robot that explains inherited breast cancer genetics, and motivates women to obtain cancer genetic testing. The counseling dialogue is modeled after a human cancer genetic counselor, extended with data visualizations and nonverbal behavior. In a quasi-experimental pilot study, we demonstrated that interaction with the robot leads to significant increases in cancer genetics knowledge.
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- Cancer Genetic Counseling by Humanoid Robot: Modeling Multimodal Communication of Health Risk
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