Yijie Guo
ABSTRACT
The elderly are more affected by higher environmental temperatures. If they misperceive the temperature, it can lead to a number of potentially dangerous health issues. To address this, we propose a robot that sweats to indicate the high environmental temperature to the elderly. In this paper, we present the development of our first prototype and the design considerations of the second prototype.
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- It's Too Hot! A Robot that Sweats to Indicate High-temperature to the Elderly
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