Positive Emotional Responses to Socially Assistive Robots in People With Dementia: Pilot Study

Eri Otaka   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Aiko Osawa   ^{2, 3} , MD, PhD ;   Kenji Kato   ⁴ , PhD ;   Yota Obayashi   ⁵ , OT, PhD ;   Shintaro Uehara   ⁶ , PT, PhD ;   Masaki Kamiya   ² , OT, MS ;   Katsuhiro Mizuno   ^{7, 8} , MD, PhD ;   Shusei Hashide   ⁷ , MD ;   Izumi Kondo   ⁹ , MD, PhD

¹ Laboratory of Practical Technology in Community, Assistive Robot Center, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology Research Institute, Obu, Aichi, Japan

² Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan

³ Laboratory of Cognitive Rehabilitation and Robotics, Assistive Robot Center, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology Research Institute, Obu, Aichi, Japan

⁴ Laboratory of Clinical Evaluation with Robotics, Assistive Robot Center, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology Research Institute, Obu, Aichi, Japan

⁵ Department of Rehabilitation, Fujita Health University Hospital, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

⁶ Faculty of Rehabilitation, Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

⁷ Department of Physical Rehabilitation, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan

⁸ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

⁹ Assistive Robot Center, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology Research Institute, Obu, Aichi, Japan