Therapeutic Robots
topic on 1 show · 2 statements across 1 episodes
2 statements about Therapeutic Robots, every show
Care facilities use therapeutic social robots as alternatives to medication
“They've been able to use these robots as Alternatives to medication for calming distressed patients.”
Nurturing therapeutic robots provides vital psychological benefits to elderly patients
“A lot of people think it's creepy, like we're giving old people robots and like having them nurture something that's not alive, but then you look at some of the advantages of having them have this experience when their lives have been reduced to being taken ca…”