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The first UK healthcare centre has introduced an interactive robotic seal to help dementia sufferers better communicate and interact.
Taking advantage of the same principles as animal therapy, the seal, originally developed by engineers at Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, can help patients in environments where animals are not permitted, such as healthcare facilities which require perfect of cleanliness.
Staff at the Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust has recently undergone training using the technology which had already been employed in many countries around the world.
http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2014/aug/paro-robot-nhs-dementia.cfm
Taking advantage of the same principles as animal therapy, the seal, originally developed by engineers at Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, can help patients in environments where animals are not permitted, such as healthcare facilities which require perfect of cleanliness.
Staff at the Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust has recently undergone training using the technology which had already been employed in many countries around the world.
http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2014/aug/paro-robot-nhs-dementia.cfm