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Talking robots play part in therapeutic treatment for people with special needs / by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- PBS newshour.
- Academic Video Online
- PBS newshour
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Autism in children--Treatment.
- Autism in children.
- Older people--Diseases--Treatment.
- Older people.
- Robotics in medicine.
- Genre:
- Television news programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (8 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- Arlington, VA : MacNeil-Lehrer Productions, 2013.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- Researchers at University of Notre Dame and University of Southern California have found that robots can be less intimidating than humans to some patients. Ray Suarez reports on how researchers are using machines as nontraditional therapists to treat conditions such as autism in children and strokes for seniors.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 29, 2016).
- Originally aired 9 January 2013.
- OCLC:
- 884924207
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