| Robot partners are coming | |
| 出处：英文锁定 | 日期2004-04-16 |
 The elderly patients suffer from severe dementia, but their faces light up when they see the dog-shaped robot in soft clothing walk around the hospital floor...The elderly patients suffer from severe dementia, but their faces light up when they see the dog-shaped robot in soft clothing walking around the hospital floor, swinging the body from one side to the other "It's cute," one female patient cries out. This is in one robot-therapy session at a Japanese hospital. Robots there serve not just as helpers -- carrying out simple chores and reminding patients to take their medication -- but also as companions, even if the machines can carry on only a simulation of a real dialogue. Such "partner" robots bring the ideal results: huge savings in medical costs, reduced burdens on family and caretakers, and old and sick people kept in better health. Research found that some patients' activity, such as talking, watching and touching, increased with the introduction of the robot in therapy sessions. "This technology is really needed for the global community," said Russell Bodoff, executive director at the Center for Aging Services Technologies in Washington, D.C. "If we look 30 years out, we will have to face many more aging people than we could ever deal with." The robot will be given more features, such as the ability to monitor a patient's blood pressure or body temperature. But how robots will change people remains to be seen. Will robots make people lazy? Will they make us colder or more humane? 百灵编辑：茂军  | |
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