Robots in Therapy for Dementia Patients
Robots in Therapy for Dementia Patients
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机器人治疗痴呆症患者
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2013
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P. M. Martin
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F. M. Rico;C. Durán;J. Plaza;Gonzalo Abella Dago;R. Mejias;Sergio Rivero Espinosa;Meritxell Soler;P. M. Martin
本文介绍了人形机器人作为认知刺激工具在痴呆患者治疗中的应用。它是使用BICA（面向组件的机器人应用程序编程框架）创建的，并对其进行了描述。开发的机器人治疗应用程序包括机器人上的控制软件和一些工具，如视觉脚本生成器或几个监控工具，以监督机器人在治疗过程中的行为。在治疗过程中，机器人的行为通过视觉编程写入了一个会话脚本，允许播放音乐、身体运动（跳舞、锻炼……）、语音合成以及与人类监视器的互动。监控工具允许治疗师通过机器人的按钮、平板电脑或Wiimote设备与机器人互动。与神经疾病研究中心合作，对真正的痴呆症患者进行了实验。初步结果显示，与其他传统治疗方法相比，神经精神症状有轻微（或轻度）改善。
This paper presents the application developed for humanoid robots which are used in therapy of dementia patients, as a cognitive stimulation tool. It has been created using BICA, a component oriented framework for programming robot applications, which is also described. The developed robotherapy application includes the control software onboard the robot and some tools like the visual script generator or several monitoring tools to supervise the robot behavior along the sessions. The behavior of the robot along the therapy sessions is visually programmed in a session script that allows music playing, physical movements (dancing, exercises...), speech synthesis and interaction with the human monitor. The monitoring tools allow the therapist interaction with the robot through its buttons, a tablet or a Wiimote device. Experiments with real dementia patients have been performed in collaboration with a research center in neurological diseases. Initial results show a slight (or mild) improvement in neuropsychiatric symptoms over other traditional therapy methods.