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Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created Robot Toy – A teddy bear named huggable, task who communicate with children who are difficult to tolerate hospitalization. Children forced to stay in hospital wards for a long time, very often experiencing stress, being without parents in unfamiliar to them setting. Talking toy, according to specialists, should help children get comfortable in the hospital, return to their faces smiles and, if necessary, distract the child from pain sensations.
While modern technology does not allow the creation of artificial intelligence – a robot that can completely independently find the information entered in his database and use her purpose, for example, to have a relaxed conversation with by man. Huggable Teddy Bear Talks with Patients Boston Hospital using the built-in camera and microphone: the psychologist in the next room hears the child’s questions and answers them. Sociable toy being remote device, can move its head and legs and even possesses a kind of facial expression. Huggable expressive eyes revitalize the look robot: the pupil’s movement of the teddy bear is displayed on the screen of a regular smartphone, which experts placed under a fur shell toys.
The experimental program for the introduction of social robots in our life is carried out by a team of 90 people. Researchers ask children talking to a teddy bear do they like a talking toy and listen to advice from kids how to improve the appearance of the huggable, making it more attractive. When communicating with the robot, the participants of the experiment put on the wrists electronic bracelets that fix the slightest changes in the emotional state of the child.
Boston Children’s Hospital has invested in a project developed by scientists at Media Lab, already more than half a million dollars. Is the experimental program worth it invested in it? Of course, because a happy smile a child, and in particular a seriously ill patient, is worth any money.
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