Robot that Sweats to Remind the Elderly of High-temperature

ABSTRACT

The elderly are more affected by higher environmental temperatures. If they misperceive the temperature, it can lead to a number of potentially dangerous health issues. To address this, we propose a robot that sweats to indicate the high environmental temperature to the elderly. In this paper, we present the design of our first prototype for exploring the human perception of robot sweat status.

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Index Terms

• Computer systems organization

  • Embedded and cyber-physical systems

    • Robotics

      • Robotic components

• Human-centered computing

  • Human computer interaction (HCI)