Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 05, 2019 - June 08, 2019
A survey on recognition of seal robot PARO was conducted in Japan. PARO is a nursing and medical robot imitating a baby seal intended for robot therapy and was released in 2005 in Japan. However, compared with other countries, the spread of the PARO is not advanced yet. We distributed questionnaires on PARO’s recognition rate at lectures and seminars. As a result, PARO was well-known by women, and as the age rose, the recognition rate tended to rise. Based on this result, we would like to consider actions to be taken for the spread of PARO for aging society.