How Robin, the robotic companion, keeps patients calm during hospital visits
Robin is designed to support healthcare teams and patients. | Source: Expper Technologies Every day, staffers in pediatrics hospitals and nursing home are doing everything they can to keep their patients calm and cooperative. In around 30 hospitals, dental clinics, and adult care facilities, this work is aided by Robin, a mobile robot from Expper Technologies. Robin is a socially assistive robot that aims to enhance the emotional well-being of the people it interacts with. The robot is kid-sized
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A mobile robotic companion designed to support healthcare teams helps keep patients calm during hospital visits and medical procedures. The robot interacts entirely through speech, uses a wheeled base without arms, and is deployed in pediatric hospitals, dental clinics, and adult care facilities to reduce patient anxiety. The robot acts as a peer to children, helping introduce them to procedures, playing with them to keep them distracted, and listening without judgment. The technology has been in use for over five years, with ongoing plans to expand deployments while establishing how humans should reliably communicate with robots in healthcare settings.
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