Social Robots for Hospitalized Children.

Journal: Pediatrics
PMID: 31243158

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Social robots (SRs) are increasingly present in medical and educational contexts, but their use in inpatient pediatric settings has not been demonstrated in studies. In this study, we aimed to (1) describe the introduction of SR technology into the pediatric inpatient setting through an innovative partnership among a pediatric teaching hospital, robotics development, and computational behavioral science laboratories and (2) present feasibility and acceptability data.

Authors

  • Deirdre E Logan
    Departments of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine and.
  • Cynthia Breazeal
    Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
  • Matthew S Goodwin
    Department of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA, m.goodwin@northeastern.edu.
  • Sooyeon Jeong
    Media Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and.
  • Brianna O'Connell
    Boston Children's Hospital Simulator Program and.
  • Duncan Smith-Freedman
    Boston Children's Hospital Simulator Program and.
  • James Heathers
    Department of Health Sciences, Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Peter Weinstock
    Departments of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine and.

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