Technological advances in robotics over the last 20 years have allowed us to explore the use of robots in different healthcare contexts, in which robots can be deployed as tools for intervention and rehabilitation programs. This chapter intends to analyze, in a lifespan perspective (childhood, adulthood, and elderly age), the potentialities that the use of robots can offer in clinical practices without neglecting the robot's technical constraints and the methodological limitations of the studies. We will provide suggestions for future research and indications for the clinical application of robots according to the different pathologies and ages.
Marchetti, A., Di Dio, C., Manzi, F., Massaro, D., Robotics in Clinical and Developmental Psychology, in Riva, G. (ed.), Comprehensive Clinical Psychology (2nd Edition), Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology, Elsevier, Amsterdam 2020: 1- 19. 10.1016/B978-0-12-818697-8.00005-4 [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/161257]
Robotics in Clinical and Developmental Psychology
Marchetti, Antonella
;Di Dio, Cinzia;Manzi, Federico
;Massaro, Davide
2020
Abstract
Technological advances in robotics over the last 20 years have allowed us to explore the use of robots in different healthcare contexts, in which robots can be deployed as tools for intervention and rehabilitation programs. This chapter intends to analyze, in a lifespan perspective (childhood, adulthood, and elderly age), the potentialities that the use of robots can offer in clinical practices without neglecting the robot's technical constraints and the methodological limitations of the studies. We will provide suggestions for future research and indications for the clinical application of robots according to the different pathologies and ages.
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