title: Social robots for health applications.
abstract: Social robots are designed to interact with people in a manner that is consistent with human social psychology. They are a particularly intriguing technology in health domains due to their ability to engage people along social and emotional dimensions. In this paper, we highlight a number of interesting opportunities for social robots in healthcare related applications.
authors.affiliation: Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. cynthiab@ media.mit.edu
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Breazeal
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D012371:Robotics / Q000639:trends*; D012919:Social Behavior; D012934:Social Isolation; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000639:trends*