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1 -//<Describe the selection of the social robot you intend to use. The description includes the reasons for this selection and the characteristics of this specific robot..>//
1 +For this task we have chosen Miro, the robot dog. While it is a dog, it has been shown that people have greatly enjoyed conversing with it through regular speech: [[https:~~/~~/www.youtube.com/watch?v=quVza0CED5o>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quVza0CED5o]] . Dogs are also a great companion that can provide warmth to their patient.
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4 +We went over the robots with the following ideas:
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3 3  //Pepper is autonomous/can move around and has a tablet
4 4  Nao can dance, can do general motions as they have arms and legs.
5 5  Navel has expressions (uncanny valley?)
6 6  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.
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9 -//The robots can dance
10 -All provide voice synthesis, EVEN THE DOG
11 -They cannot pick stuff up//
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13 -//Look them up on google//
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 +- Fully programmable
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18 +- Clearly a robot, yet has an animal-like appearance (dog).
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20 +- Moveable parts: nodding+rotating head, moveable hearing ears, blinking eyes, wagging tail
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22 +- Responds to touch - This allows for the "wake up" measure described in AI and ICT, where petting the dog can wake it up. Since we are focusing on dementia patients who are still able to do activities physically, this is not considered an issue. However, it should be kept in mind when extending functionality to patients with physical limitations.
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24 +- Layered control architecture: Fast and slow layers.
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26 +- Can "operate with bespoke control systems"
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28 +- Has built-in exploration and obstacle-detection - However, as per the paper, it does not have built-in navigation: It simply moves to noise.
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30 +- Considering the video, it has text-to-speech.