Robotics Technology in Mental Health Care
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This chapter discusses the existing use of and future potential use of robotics technology in mental health care. Robotics technology primarily refers to robots, which are physically embodied systems capable of enacting physical change in the world. Robots enact this change with effectors that either move the robot itself (locomotion), or move objects in the environment (manipulation), and often use data from sensors to make decisions.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- CoRR
دوره abs/1511.02281 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015