{"id":5379,"date":"2016-11-22T22:44:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T20:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=5379"},"modified":"2021-12-06T06:35:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T05:35:03","slug":"huggable-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2016\/11\/huggable-robots\/","title":{"rendered":"Huggable Robots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>C1 &#8211; Advanced<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For kids, going to the hospital can be a terrifying and sometimes boring experience. An interesting innovation from researchers and roboticists may be a good solution- a robot companion. \u00a0This robot\u2019s creators aim to know if it can can have therapeutic value for hospitalized children. Can it really alleviate sick children&#8217;s anxiety, pain, and isolation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s meet this blue bear who&#8217;s making sick kids less blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Huggable Robot Befriends Girl in Hospital\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UaRCCA2rRR0?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. What do you think of &#8220;Huggable&#8221;? How does a child respond to it?<br>2. What suggestions did one of the kids give to make it a better robot companion?<br>3. How else can we make a doctor&#8217;s visit less dreadful for children?<br>4. Did you enjoy hospital visits when you were a kid? How about now?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C1 &#8211; Advanced For kids, going to the hospital can be a terrifying and sometimes boring experience. An interesting innovation from researchers and roboticists may be a good solution- a robot companion. \u00a0This robot\u2019s creators aim to know if it can can have therapeutic value for hospitalized children. 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