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Medical and Health-Care Robotics
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The paper describes application areas, societal drivers, motivating scenarios, desired system capabilities, and fundamental research areas that should be considered in the design of medical and health-care robots.Abstract:
The aim of this article is to propose some of the most important capabilities and technical achievements of medical and health-care robotics needed to improve human health and well-being. The paper describes application areas, societal drivers, motivating scenarios, desired system capabilities, and fundamental research areas that should be considered in the design of medical and health-care robots.read more
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Medical Robots: Current Systems and Research Directions
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Defining socially assistive robotics
TL;DR: Social assistive robotics as mentioned in this paper is a research area focusing on assisting people through social interaction, which has been studied extensively in the last few decades. But there is no clear definition of socially assistive robots.
Socially Assistive Robotics
TL;DR: The ethical challenges of SAR are examined from three points of view (user, caregiver, and peer) using core principles from medical ethics to determine how intended and unintended effects of SAR can impact the delivery of care.
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Can robots make good models of biological behaviour
TL;DR: It is argued that in building robot models biological relevance is more effective than loose biological inspiration; multiple levels can be integrated; that generality cannot be assumed but might emerge from studying specific instances; abstraction is better done by simplification than idealisation; accuracy can be approached through iterations of complete systems; that the model should be able to match and predict target behaviour; and that a physical medium can have significant advantages.
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A sociable robot to encourage social interaction among the elderly
TL;DR: Evidence that although current models for introduction of robotic companions stress individual encounters, a social community alternative is promising is presented, finding that even where individual encounters are significant, sensitivity to social dimensions improve the benefits of these encounters.
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Socially assistive robotics for post-stroke rehabilitation
TL;DR: A new area of robotics is described, called socially assistive robotics, that focuses on non-contact patient/user assistance that aids stroke patient rehabilitation by providing monitoring, encouragement, and reminders.