Consideration of Mental Therapeutic Robots from Psychological and Sociological Perspectives

• Nomura Tatsuya

  Ryukoku University ; ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories

Abstract

This paper considers the possibility of robotic therapy from psychological and sociological perspectives. In particular, this paper regards therapy methods using pet-type robots and human-like conversational robots as the two poles of robotic therapy, and then discusses about what problems potentially exist in these methods.

Journal

• SCIS & ISIS

  SCIS & ISIS 2006 (0), 1476-1480, 2006

  Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics

Keywords

• Robotic Therapy
• Psychology
• Sociology

Details

• CRID: 1390001205590828160
• NII Article ID: 130004672369
• DOI: 10.14864/softscis.2006.0.1476.0
• Text Lang: en
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • CiNii Articles
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed