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🟢 Pepper the Robot: A New Era of Emotional Support for Humans
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Pepper, a robot programmed with hundreds of jokes, has made its national debut as a personal care assistant at a state nursing home in Rose Valley. If you don’t believe it, just ask the residents. Standing four feet tall, Pepper isn’t giving up its primary role: interacting with residents, reminding them to eat, exercise , and even responding to their facial expressions and tone of voice.
Pepper is one of two robots introduced to the nursing home by researchers from the University of Minnesota Duluth. Alongside Pepper is Nao, a two-foot-high robot designed to lead residents in group exercises and dance routines. The goal is to offer technological support to the nursing home industry, which is facing an increase in residents with more complex cases of dementia while simultaneously losing staff and expertise. “At a time when we are losing staff, this technology can provide valuable support,” said Arshia Khan, a UMD computer science professor. Khan and her team have been preparing for years to adapt SoftBank Robotics’ machines for nursing home use, but the pandemic accelerated their timeline due to isolation protocols, highlighting how robots could make a difference.
Read More: https://onthenode.com/internet/pepper-the-robot-a-new-era-of-emotional-support-for-humans
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Pepper, a robot programmed with hundreds of jokes, has made its national debut as a personal care assistant at a state nursing home in Rose Valley. If you don’t believe it, just ask the residents. Standing four feet tall, Pepper isn’t giving up its primary role: interacting with residents, reminding them to eat, exercise , and even responding to their facial expressions and tone of voice.
Pepper is one of two robots introduced to the nursing home by researchers from the University of Minnesota Duluth. Alongside Pepper is Nao, a two-foot-high robot designed to lead residents in group exercises and dance routines. The goal is to offer technological support to the nursing home industry, which is facing an increase in residents with more complex cases of dementia while simultaneously losing staff and expertise. “At a time when we are losing staff, this technology can provide valuable support,” said Arshia Khan, a UMD computer science professor. Khan and her team have been preparing for years to adapt SoftBank Robotics’ machines for nursing home use, but the pandemic accelerated their timeline due to isolation protocols, highlighting how robots could make a difference.
Read More: https://onthenode.com/internet/pepper-the-robot-a-new-era-of-emotional-support-for-humans
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