Baby Seal Robots Are Comforting Older Adults on Penn Presbyterian’s Acute Care Unit
Penn Nursing
APRIL 5, 2024
She pitched the idea to hospital management, got the green light, and in 2019 launched a study to see if the Paros could decrease patient agitation and pain symptoms. “I thought these robots were the most ridiculous things I had ever seen,” Cacchione said, “until I actually picked one up and felt it and interacted with it myself.”
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