The huggable: a platform for research in robotic companions for pediatric care

Authors:
Walter Dan Stiehl;Jun Ki Lee;Cynthia Breazeal;Marco Nalin;Angelica Morandi;Alberto Sanna
Affiliations:
MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA;MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA;MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA;Fondazione San Raffaele del Monte Tabor, Via Olgettina, Milano, Italy;Fondazione San Raffaele del Monte Tabor, Via Olgettina, Milano, Italy;Fondazione San Raffaele del Monte Tabor, Via Olgettina, Milano, Italy
Venue:
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
Year:
2009

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Abstract

Robotic companions offer a unique combination of embodiment and computation which open many new interesting opportunities in the field of pediatric care. As these new technologies are developed, we must consider the central research questions of how such systems should be designed and what the appropriate applications for such systems are. In this paper we present the Huggable, a robotic companion in the form factor of a teddy bear and outline a series of studies we are planning to run using the Huggable in a pediatric care unit.