RoPi: Robotic Assistant for the Emotional Support of Hospitalized Children for Burns

Caballa S.; Lizano D.; Aranda M.; Zegarra D. · ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (2023) · DOI: 10.1145/3568294.3580198

Resumen

Injury burns are traumatic events, especially for children. The use of combined pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies in hospitals favor emotional experiences. However, in Latin American hospitals, which have low budgets, it is not possible to hire therapeutic support personnel, such as clowns, due to the lack of available human resources. RoPi is a social robot created to assist hospitalized children's emotional support through its multicolor interchangeable pieces and its interactive functions.

Instituciones: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú