MusicBirdy ™ - Music Therapy Robot Innovation for Patient Directed use in Healthcare Spaces: functionalities - design and build

歌鸟音乐有限公司正与北英格兰研究与创新中心（NERIC）和索尔福德大学的机器人专家合作，设计一款原型机器人，该机器人将使医院和社区环境中的患者能够参与自我指导的音乐互动，以支持他们的心理健康和福祉。该项目是由拥有25年专业知识和经验的音乐家与索尔福德大学机器人和人工智能专家之间的独特合作，这些音乐家与英格兰西北部有复杂医疗需求和残疾的儿童和成人一起工作。该项目旨在支持医护人员照顾孤立风险增加的患者、社交机会有限的患者，并为语言交流有限的患者提供支持。它解决了医疗保健人员在应对老龄化和更难接触患者群体方面所面临的挑战，并为医疗保健专业人员提供了一种新的资源，以帮助应对提供个性化、以患者为中心的护理所带来的相关压力。该项目旨在通过音乐和机器人创新，使患者能够控制他们周围的环境，独立管理和制定策略，以支持他们的心理健康和福祉，为以人为本的沟通和互动创造新的机会，并减轻与住院和隔离相关的焦虑和压力。

Songbirds Music Ltd are working with Robotics experts at the North of England Research and Innovation Centre (NERIC) and University of Salford to design a prototype robot which will enable patients in hospital and community settings to participate in self-directed musical interactions to support their mental health and wellbeing.The project is a unique collaboration between musicians with 25 years expertise and experience of working with children and adults with complex healthcare needs and disabilities in Northwest England and The University of Salford robotics and AI specialists.The project aims to support healthcare staff in their work caring for patients who are at increased risk of isolation, patients experiencing limited opportunities for social interaction, and supports patients with limited verbal communication. It addresses the challenges faced by healthcare staff in dealing with aging and harder to reach patient populations, and offers healthcare professionals a new resource to help with the associated increased pressures of delivering personalised, patient centred care.The project aims to empower patients, through music and robotics innovation, to have control over their immediate environment, to independently manage and develop strategies to support their mental health and wellbeing, develop new opportunities for person-centred communication and interaction, and relieve the anxiety and stress associated with hospitalisation and isolation.