Behavioral responses of nursing home residents to a robotic pet dog with a customizable interactive kit

• Main Authors: Sheba, Jaichandar Kulandaidaasan, Salman, Adnan Ahmed, Kumar, Sampath, Phuc, Le Tan, Elara, Mohan Rajesh, Martínez-García, Edgar
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Human-robot Interaction; DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Elderly Care
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89268; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46159
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Robot therapy for the elderly had been a novel advent for the past decade and the efficacy of such therapeutic procedures had similar benefits to pets in improving health outcomes. But there had been experiments which resulted in showing the loss of interest over time due to limited levels of intera...