A Robot Physical Therapist Helps Kids with Cerebral Palsy
From: MIT Technology Review - 02/16/2017
By: Will Knight

A humanoid bot called Darwin shows how aspects of nursing and child care
might be mechanized.

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology are using robots to help
children and adults meet their physical therapy goals. And they've found that
combining a simple game with words of encouragement and physical cues from
the robots provides a noticeable boost to patients' efforts, compared to
asking them to go through the work on their own.

In the experiments, the researchers used a 3-D motion tracker to monitor a
subject's movements, with Darwin offering encouragement for the correct
motions, or demonstrating if a person did them incorrectly. In all but one
case, they found that using the robot helped increase physical activity
significantly.

Read the entire article at:
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603614/a-robot-physical-therapist-helps-kids-with-cerebral-palsy

Links:
Ayanna Howard
http://humanslab.ece.gatech.edu/people

Human-Automation Systems (HumAnS) Lab
http://humanslab.ece.gatech.edu

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Meet Kuri, Another Friendly Robot for Your Home
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603303/meet-kuri-another-friendly-robot-for-your-home