@inproceedings{3e42a55e16d54d1e950fd4e93ec566c1,
title = "Music therapist robot for individuals with cognitive",
abstract = "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.",
keywords = "Adaptative systems, Assistive robotics, Machine learning",
author = "Adriana Tapus and Cristian Tǎpu{\c s} and Mala Matar{\'i}c",
year = "2009",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1145/1514095.1514184",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781605584041",
series = "Proceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI'09",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)",
pages = "297--298",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI'09",
note = "4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2009 ; Conference date: 11-03-2009 Through 13-03-2009",
}