TY - GEN
T1 - Music therapist robot for individuals with cognitive
AU - Tapus, Adriana
AU - Tǎpuş, Cristian
AU - Mataríc, Mala
PY - 2008/12/1
Y1 - 2008/12/1
N2 - Currently the 2 percent growth rate for the world's older population exceeds the 1.2 percent rate for the world's population as a whole. This difference is expected to increase rather than diminish so that by 2050, the number of individuals over the age 85 is projected to be three times what it is today. Most of these individuals will need physical, emotional, and cognitive assistance. In this paper, we present a new system based on the socially assistive robotics (SAR) technology that will play the role of a music therapist and will try to provide a customized help protocol through motivation, encouragements, and companionship to users suffering from cognitive changes related to aging and/or Alzheimer's disease.
AB - Currently the 2 percent growth rate for the world's older population exceeds the 1.2 percent rate for the world's population as a whole. This difference is expected to increase rather than diminish so that by 2050, the number of individuals over the age 85 is projected to be three times what it is today. Most of these individuals will need physical, emotional, and cognitive assistance. In this paper, we present a new system based on the socially assistive robotics (SAR) technology that will play the role of a music therapist and will try to provide a customized help protocol through motivation, encouragements, and companionship to users suffering from cognitive changes related to aging and/or Alzheimer's disease.
KW - Adaptative systems
KW - Assistive robotics
KW - Machine learning
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/67650714791
U2 - 10.1145/1514095.1514184
DO - 10.1145/1514095.1514184
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:67650714791
SN - 9781605584041
T3 - Proceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI'09
SP - 297
EP - 298
BT - Proceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI'09
T2 - 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI'09
Y2 - 11 March 2009 through 13 March 2009
ER -