Phobot
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Phobot is a robot that exhibits behaviour that mimics fear and overcoming it by graded exposure. The robot was voted the public's favourite at a conference on human-robot interaction in Amsterdam. It was designed by a team of students at the University of Amsterdam, and constructed from Lego.[1] It was designed to help children deal with phobias and anxieties.
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Behaviour
When Phobot sees a larger robot, it retreats, and spins around, making high pitched noises, seemingly in panic.[1] When it is gradually exposed to smaller robots, and is coached by holding its hands is talking to it in a soothing manner, it learns to overcome its fear.[2] This approach mimics the process of systematic desensitization, or graded exposure treatment, common in the treatment of phobias.
Design
Phobot was built for a competition at the international conference on human-robot interaction 2008 from a Lego Mindstorms robot kit, and its behaviour implemented in the Mindstorms software.[1] It uses RFID, sound and touch sensors to interact with humans.[3] It was designed as a low cost proof of concept for an affective robot, coaching children to deal with phobias and anxieties.[2]
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 gaan robots mensen vervangen. Volkskrant. March 2008. http://www.vk.tv/video/19705. in Dutch
- ↑ "Meet Phobot!". University of Amsterdam.
