Selected Sessions at RoboBusiness 2009 Hynes Convention Center April 15-16, 2009 Socially Interactive Robots in Therapeutic Play Marek P. Michalowski, Co-Founder & President, BeatBots LLC Socially interactive robots are finding increasing utility - beyond the service and entertainment domains - in child psychology research and in therapeutic practice for developmental disorders like autism. Such robots can help us study human social development while serving to facilitate social interaction between children, peers, and caregivers. In this session, Marek Michalowski (Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute & BeatBots LLC) will discuss the field of child-robot interaction research and therapeutic play, focusing on efforts to productize therapeutic robotics products, including his own work with the robot Keepon. Rehabilitation Robotics Charles Remsberg, CEO, Hocoma Inc Until quite recently, the use of robotics in healthcare has largely been limited to teleoperated minimally invasive surgery procedures or in support of surgical procedures. However, robotics technology is now being applied to many different areas of healthcare, including physical therapy and rehabilitation. With traditional physical therapy, many therapists often work with one patient, to support their limbs and help them move. It is now possible to use robotic technology to perform the same rehabilitative tasks using less people while providing a more consistent and lengthy training regimen, while tracking patient's progress with great precision. The result is a better level of care at reduced cost for the service provider. In this session, attendees will learn about recent advances in rehabilitation robotics, including quantified results of the approach and insights into future developments. Assistive Robotics: Making the Leap from the Lab to Commercial Development Holly Yanco, PhD, Associate Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Despite over two decades of development in academic labs, few assistive robots have been commercially developed and sold to end users. This talk will examine the market for assistive robotics and present recent developments from academic labs. Commercially available assistive robots will be discussed, as will barriers to development and opportunities in the domain. Website: http://www.robobusiness.com/