AIMC Topic: Play and Playthings

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The use of new technologies for nutritional education in primary schools: a pilot study.

Public health Oct 15, 2016
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was evaluating if the presence of a humanoid robot could improve the efficacy of a game-based, nutritional education intervention.
Italy Schools Nutritional Sciences Play and Playthings Surveys and Questionnaires Child Robotics Health Education Humans Female Male Pilot Projects
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Externalising moods and psychological states in a cloud based system to enhance a pet-robot and child's interaction.

Biomedical engineering online Jul 15, 2016
BACKGROUND: This PATRICIA research project is about using pet robots to reduce pain and anxiety in hospitalized children. The study began 2 years ago and it is believed that the advances made in this project are significant. Patients, parents, nurses...
Electric Power Supplies Humans Mobile Applications Wireless Technology Robotics Play and Playthings Communication Internet User-Computer Interface Affect Child
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Constrained Metric Learning by Permutation Inducing Isometries.

IEEE transactions on image processing : a publication of the IEEE Signal Processing Society Nov 19, 2015
The choice of metric critically affects the performance of classification and clustering algorithms. Metric learning algorithms attempt to improve performance, by learning a more appropriate metric. Unfortunately, most of the current algorithms learn...
Pattern Recognition, Automated Humans Play and Playthings Machine Learning Algorithms Databases, Factual Automobiles Pedestrians Face
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Do infants perceive the social robot Keepon as a communicative partner?

Infant behavior & development Nov 14, 2015
This study investigates if infants perceive an unfamiliar agent, such as the robot Keepon, as a social agent after observing an interaction between the robot and a human adult. 23 infants, aged 9-17 month, were exposed, in a first phase, to either a ...
Infant Child, Preschool Cognition Robotics Attention Play and Playthings Infant Behavior Female Adult Communication Male Humans
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Playfulness in Children with Limited Motor Abilities When Using a Robot.

Physical & occupational therapy in pediatrics Nov 13, 2015
AIMS: Children with limited gross motor and manual abilities have fewer opportunities to engage in free play. We investigated the effect of a robotic intervention on the playfulness of children with cerebral palsy (CP).
Child, Preschool Child Follow-Up Studies Robotics Humans Female Male Children with Disabilities Play and Playthings Motor Skills Disorders Occupational Therapy Cerebral Palsy Self-Help Devices
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Effect of an interactive therapeutic robotic animal on engagement, mood states, agitation and psychotropic drug use in people with dementia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial protocol.

BMJ open Aug 12, 2015
INTRODUCTION: Apathy, agitated behaviours, loneliness and depression are common consequences of dementia. This trial aims to evaluate the effect of a robotic animal on behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in people with dementia living ...
Aged Play and Playthings Psychomotor Agitation Middle Aged Patient Acceptance of Health Care Humans Costs and Cost Analysis Australia Homes for the Aged Dementia Robotics Psychotropic Drugs Queensland Sleep Nursing Homes Affect
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Participation and Enjoyment in Play with a Robot between Children with Cerebral Palsy who use AAC and their Peers.

Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) Apr 29, 2015
This study explores children with complex communication needs, their peers and adult support persons in play with the talking and moving robot LekBot. Two triads were filmed playing with LekBot at pre-school. LekBot was developed to facilitate indepe...
Female Social Participation Humans Adult Peer Group Middle Aged Male Cerebral Palsy Child, Preschool Communication Devices for People with Disabilities Child Play and Playthings Robotics
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Integrating socially assistive robotics into mental healthcare interventions: applications and recommendations for expanded use.

Clinical psychology review Jul 17, 2014
As a field, mental healthcare is faced with major challenges as it attempts to close the huge gap between those who need services and those who receive services. In recent decades, technological advances have provided exciting new resources in this b...
Robotics Humans Friends Mental Disorders Play and Playthings Mental Health Services
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Prediction of activity type in preschool children using machine learning techniques.

Journal of science and medicine in sport Jun 24, 2014
OBJECTIVES: Recent research has shown that machine learning techniques can accurately predict activity classes from accelerometer data in adolescents and adults. The purpose of this study is to develop and test machine learning models for predicting ...
Motor Activity Humans Bicycling Play and Playthings Neural Networks, Computer Child, Preschool Child Models, Theoretical Walking Machine Learning Running Female Male Activities of Daily Living Accelerometry
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The effect of robot interventions on sleep in adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Jul 1, 2022
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Robotic pets or companion robots have demonstrated positive effects on several emotional and physiological factors in humans. Robots could constitute a complementary or alternative method to treat sleep problems, but individual stud...
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Robotics Sleep Play and Playthings Humans Aged Network Meta-Analysis
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