Artificial Empathy for Clinical Companion Robots with Privacy-By-Design

Miguel Vargas Martin; Eduardo Pérez Valle; Sheri Horsburgh

Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. 9th EAI International Conference, MobiHealth 2020, Virtual Event, November 19, 2020, Proceedings

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Artificial Empathy for Clinical Companion Robots with Privacy-By-Design

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-70569-5_23,
    author={Miguel Vargas Martin and Eduardo P\^{e}rez Valle and Sheri Horsburgh},
    title={Artificial Empathy for Clinical Companion Robots with Privacy-By-Design},
    proceedings={Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. 9th EAI International Conference, MobiHealth 2020, Virtual Event, November 19, 2020, Proceedings},
    proceedings_a={MOBIHEALTH},
    year={2021},
    month={7},
    keywords={Companion robots Mental health Privacy-by-design Automatic speech recognition Artificial intelligence Artificial empathy},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-030-70569-5_23}
}

Miguel Vargas Martin
Eduardo Pérez Valle
Sheri Horsburgh
Year: 2021
Artificial Empathy for Clinical Companion Robots with Privacy-By-Design
MOBIHEALTH
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-70569-5_23

Miguel Vargas Martin¹, Eduardo Pérez Valle², Sheri Horsburgh³

1: Ontario Tech University
2: Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)
3: Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences

Abstract

We present a prototype whereby we enabled a humanoid robot to be used to assist mental health patients and their families. Our approach removes the need for Cloud-based automatic speech recognition systems to address healthcare privacy expectations. Furthermore, we describe how the robot could be used in a mental health facility by giving directions from patient selection to metrics for evaluation. Our overarching goal is to make the robot interaction as natural as possible to the point where the robot can develop artificial empathy for the human companion through the interpretation of vocals and facial expressions to infer emotions.

Keywords: Companion robots Mental health Privacy-by-design Automatic speech recognition Artificial intelligence Artificial empathy

Published: 2021-07-16
Appears in: SpringerLink

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70569-5_23