Developing a Robotic Therapist for Children
From: Product Design & Development - 04/20/2015

In collaboration with other national institutions, researchers at Universidad
Carlos III de Madrid are designing a new therapeutic tool for motor
rehabilitation for children. In this project, an interactive social therapist
robot, which is totally autonomous, is able to perceive patients' reactions
and determine if they are doing their exercises correctly.

This advance, which had been developed as part of the scientific project
known as Therapist, proposes a therapeutic method that is enlivened by a
robot that looks like a toy to avoid the kind of discouragement that often
impedes youngsters' recovery.

This robotic therapist will become a reality and could, within a few years,
even enliven rehabilitation processes for children with pathologies like
cerebral palsy.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.pddnet.com/news/2015/04/developing-robotic-therapist-children
http://portal.uc3m.es/portal/page/portal/actualidad_cientifica/noticias/robot_terapeuta_EN

Video (3:21): (Spanish with English subtitles)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FBNXp2oDmYQ