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

Walter Dan Stiehl; Jun Ki Lee; Cynthia Breazeal; Marco Nalin; Angelica Morandi; Alberto Sanna

doi:10.1145/1551788.1551872

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

Walter Dan Stiehl, Jun Ki Lee, Cynthia Breazeal, Marco Nalin, Angelica Morandi, Alberto Sanna

IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of IDC 2009 - The 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
Pages	317-320
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1551788.1551872
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2009 - Como, Italy Duration: Jun 3 2009 → Jun 5 2009

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Other	8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2009
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Como
Period	6/3/09 → 6/5/09

Keywords

Pediatrics
Personal robot
Robotic companion

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Software
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Education

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Stiehl, WD, Lee, JK, Breazeal, C, Nalin, M, Morandi, A & Sanna, A 2009, The huggable: A platform for research in robotic companions for pediatric care. in Proceedings of IDC 2009 - The 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children. pp. 317-320, 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2009, Como, Italy, 6/3/09. https://doi.org/10.1145/1551788.1551872

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