ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Application of Social Robots in Healthcare: Review on Characteristics, Requirements, Technical Solutions.
Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of Social Robots in Relieving Children's and Adolescents' Anxiety, Pain, Fear and Stress in Perioperative Nursing: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Safety-Driven Approaches in Human-Robot Collaborative Systems.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- User requirements for an emotion-intelligent autonomous care robot in long-term care.European geriatric medicine · 2026Article
- Care ethics and the transformation of care in an age of artificial intelligence.BMC medical ethics · 2026Article
- Developing a Cross-Device Platform for Robotic Systems in Nursing Care: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study.JMIR nursing · 2026Article
- Empathy-related individual differences in brain responses to robot and human pain.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Smart healthcare engineering: transnational understanding of atmospheric corrosion processes in healthcare facilities.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Preliminary usability evaluation of a teleoperated humanoid robot for pediatric waiting-room observation: clinical and technical professionals' perspectives.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2026Article
- Mapping research trends and competency domains in nursing-related digital and artificial intelligence technologies: A bibliometric analysis.International journal of nursing sciences · 2026Review
- Social robots in cognitive and speech rehabilitation for children with cerebral palsy: a scoping review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Review
- A randomized pilot study evaluating socially assistive robot effects on patient engagement and care quality.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- A Trust-Aware Architecture for Personalized Digital Health: Integrating Blueprint Personas and Ontology-Based Reasoning.Journal of medical systems · 2025Article
- Horizon Scanning Methods for Health Care Technology Innovation Identification: Rapid Scoping Review of Patent Research Studies.Interactive journal of medical research · 2025Review
- Navigating artificial intelligence in home healthcare: challenges and opportunities in nursing wound care.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Transnational learning and teaching activities: Smart Healthcare Engineering.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025Article
- The use of the social robot NAO in medical settings: how to facilitate interactions between healthcare professionals and patients with autism spectrum disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Human-Robot Interaction and Social Robot: The Emerging Field of Healthcare Robotics and Current and Future Perspectives for Spinal Care.Neurospine · 2024Article
- Human Factors and Organizational Issues in Health Informatics: Review of Recent Developments and Advances.Yearbook of medical informatics · 2024Review
- Bridging the Gap: Exploring Opportunities, Challenges, and Problems in Integrating Assistive Technologies, Robotics, and Automated Machines into theHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Cyber-physical or virtual systems or devices that are capable of autonomously interacting with human or non-human agents in real environments are referred to as social robots. The primary areas of application for biomedical technology are nursing homes, hospitals, and private homes for the purpose of providing assistance to the elderly, people with disabilities, children, and medical personnel. This review examines the current state-of-the-art of social robots used in healthcare applications, with a particular emphasis on the technical characteristics and requirements of these different types of systems. Humanoids robots, companion robots, and telepresence robots are the three primary categories of devices that are identified and discussed in this article. The research looks at commercial applications, as well as scientific literature (according to the Scopus Elsevier database), patent analysis (using the Espacenet search engine), and more (searched with Google search engine). A variety of devices are enumerated and categorized, and then our discussion and organization of their respective specifications takes place.
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