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Last modified by Vladimir Rullens on 2025/11/09 00:36
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8 8  Navel has expressions (uncanny valley?)
9 9  Miro is a dog that can talk //[[https:~~/~~/www.youtube.com/watch?v=quVza0CED5o>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quVza0CED5o]]
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11 -Some of us felt like Navel was too uncanny to feel comforting, leaving it out. Pepper and Nao were both valid options, however, we deemed that Miro would be the most comforting option out of the 4 available. While Miro is not able to move around, we plan to have a personal robot for each room/person, invalidating the need for complex navigation. Moreover, the robot is small enough to be carried if the patient desires to do so and is able to, but this is not advised.
11 +Some of us felt like Navel was too uncanny to feel comforting, leaving it out. Pepper and Nao were both valid options, however, we deemed that Miro would be the most comforting option out of the 4 available, which should also be a benefit to our Human Factor of 'trust'. While Miro is not able to move around, we plan to have a personal robot for each room/person, invalidating the need for complex navigation. Moreover, the robot is small enough to be carried if the patient desires to do so and is able to, but this is not advised.
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14 14  According to their research paper ([[https:~~/~~/www.researchgate.net/profile/Tony-Prescott/publication/325788257_MiRo_An_Animal-like_Companion_Robot_with_a_Biomimetic_Brain-based_Control_System/links/5b23c635aca272277fb22a5d/MiRo-An-Animal-like-Companion-Robot-with-a-Biomimetic-Brain-based-Control-System.pdf>>https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tony-Prescott/publication/325788257_MiRo_An_Animal-like_Companion_Robot_with_a_Biomimetic_Brain-based_Control_System/links/5b23c635aca272277fb22a5d/MiRo-An-Animal-like-Companion-Robot-with-a-Biomimetic-Brain-based-Control-System.pdf]]), Miro has the following features:
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16 16  - Fully programmable
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18 -- Clearly a robot, yet has an animal-like appearance (dog).
18 +- Clearly a robot, yet has an animal-like appearance (dog).
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20 20  - Moveable parts: nodding+rotating head, moveable hearing ears, blinking eyes, wagging tail.
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