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Reducing Stress by Bonding with a Social Robot

Towards Autonomous Long-Term Child-Robot Interaction

Conference Paper (2018)
Author(s)

Mike Ligthart (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Koen Hindriks (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Mark A. Neerincx (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Research Group
Interactive Intelligence
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1145/3173386.3176904 Final published version
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Publication Year
2018
Language
English
Research Group
Interactive Intelligence
Pages (from-to)
305-306
ISBN (electronic)
978-1-4503-5615-2
Event
HRI 2018 (2018-03-05 - 2018-03-08), Chicago, IL, United States
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Abstract

Pediatric oncology patients could benefit from bonding with a social robot and talking about their day in the hospital. With our research we aim to contribute to the development of a robot that is able to facilitate a child-robot bond autonomously and long-term. We propose to use robot-disclosure and a shared interaction history to create a child-robot bond where the child feels comfortable and familiar enough to talk about their day with the robot.