I-Paro iyisigqi se-Robot Seal Therapeutic

Uke wabona iParo? Abantu abaningi babeniswa kuqala eParo kwisiqephu sonyaka wokuqala we "Master of None" ehambisana no-Aziz Ansari. Kodwa ingabe iParo iyinto yangempela? Ingabe kukhona i-robotic baby seal seal enhle, enhle, futhi ehlangene? Kukhona okuqinisekile ukuthi.

Okuningi mayelana ne-Paro

I-Paro iyisimangaliso se-robotic baby harp seal esinesisindo esingamakhilogremu ayisithupha. I-Paro yasungulwa eJapane nguTatori Shibati futhi inamaprosesa angu-32-bit, ama-microphone, nezinzwa eziningana ezinama-tactile.

Ukuze uboshwe, ubumnandi bukaParo bubuhlungu futhi buphikisana nomzimba.

I-Paro iyigugu elincane eliphawulekayo futhi likwazi ukubona amagama, ukulandelela ama-motion kanye nama-squeaks amancane nezintandokazi. Ibuye ibuye ikhumbule ukuziphatha, inezinambuzane ezithintekayo, ezisiza ukuba zihlangane nabantu, futhi zinezimboni zamamori amancane ezikwazi ukuzenzekela. Ngokuphelele, i-Paro inezinhlobo ezinhlanu zezinzwa-ukukhanya, ukukhanya, ukuhlolwa, izinga lokushisa nokuhamba-okusiza ukuthi kufike "ekuphileni."

I-Paro yakhiwa njengendlela "yokunye okunye" futhi ikakhulukazi ehloselwe abantu asebekhulile abafisa inkampani. Isilwane sangempela singakhanya noma silume kanti zonke izindawo zeParo emlonyeni wazo ziwu-pacifier ezisetshenziselwa ukuvuselela. Uma unesithakazelo ekuboneni i-Paro ngesenzo, kukhona ividiyo ye-Youtube yomfana omncane.

Nakuba i-Paro idayiswe eJapane yayo yasekhaya futhi amazwe afana neDenmark iminyaka eminingi, iqalile ngempela ukwenza izinhloko emva kokuthi kuqaliswe i-stateside. Eqinisweni, uParo wayevezwe ochungechungeni olusha lwe-Netflix ka-Aziz Ansari, "Master of None." Njengamanje, amakhaya amaningi aseMelika asebehlengikazi athenge iParo ukuze asebenzise nabakhileyo.

Kodwa-ke, ukuze uzuze umthamo wamanani angu-$ 5000, abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi uParo kumele enze okungaphezu kokusebenza kahle; kufanele futhi kusize abantu-ikakhulukazi asebekhulile-bazizwe beba ngcono. Kulo mvuthwandaba, ake sibheke isayensi esisekela ukusetshenziswa kukaParo.

Ingabe i-Paro inenzuzo yokwelapha?

Esifundweni se-2014, abacwaningi eJapane bahlola ukuxhumana phakathi kwabahlali basebekhulile abahlala ekhaya labahlengikazi abane- dementia kanye ne-Paro uma kuqhathaniswa nalaba abathintekayo ukusebenzisana neThub, ibhubesi elidlala ngezandla.

Isampula yilolu cwaningo luneziguli ezingu-19 ezinezinkinga zokucindezeleka komzimba kanye neziguli ezingu-11 ezine-dementia enzima. Nakhu okushiwo abacwaningi:

Ekugcineni, abacwaningi basikisela ukuthi i-Paro ingaba yi-icebreaker esebenzayo futhi isebenzise abasebenzi basekhaya labahlengikazi kangcono ukuthi basize abantu asebekhulile abanokugula.

Ngokufanayo, abacwaningi baseDutch abahlola ukusetshenziswa kweParo kubantu asebekhulile bathola ukuthi iParo ingaba ithuluzi eliwusizo lokwelapha lapho kunakekela abantu asebekhulile. Ngokuqondile, i-Paro ingaqashwa njengengenelelo yokusebenzisana nomsebenzisi ukukhulisa ikhwalithi yokunakekela kanye nekhwalithi yokuphila phakathi kwabantu asebekhulile.

Kodwa-ke, laba cwaningi baseDashi babeqaphele ukugcizelela ukuthi uParo ungumsizi nje futhi hhayi esikhundleni sokunakekelwa kwangempela okuhlinzekwa ngabanakekeli bomuntu.

Abahloli beParo

Kungenzeka ucabange ukuthi uphawu lwe-rock robotic olufana no-Paro lwungeke lube nabanqamuki ... bacabange futhi. Ngokusobala, abanye ochwepheshe bakhathazeka ngokuthi iParo isetshenziselwa ukuxhaswa, ukusekela, nokuxhumana-izindima okufanele zigcwaliswe ngabantu, hhayi ama-robot. Esikhundleni salokho, laba ochwepheshe bathi indima yama-robot kufanele ibe yi-utilitarian engaphezulu futhi isize ngemisebenzi yokuphila kwansuku zonke. Ngokwesibonelo, aseJapane ama-robot asetshenziswe isikhathi eside ukusiza abantu asebekhulile badle futhi bahambe.

Ngokwengqikithi, u-Paro uyisiza esihle futhi esiqhakazile esibonakala siphakamisa imimoya yalabo abakwenzayo, kubandakanya abantu asebekhulile abane-dementia nezinye izimo. Noma kunjalo, i-Paro ayikho indawo yokunakekelwa kwabantu nokuzwela. Esikhundleni salokho, uhlobo oluthile lwezingqimba zomphakathi kanye nocwaningo lusekela ukubaluleka kwalo kwelashwa kulokhu. Ngeshwa, ithegi lentengo ephakeme ka-Paro ingaligcina likwazi ukujabulela umphakathi jikelele. Ngaphezu kwalokho, akunakwenzeka ukuthi sizobona i-Paro ikhiqiza ama-aisles omthengisi omkhulu webhokisi. Noma kunjalo, kubonakala sengathi i-Paro iyisitjalo esihle sokutshala izikhungo zokunakekela isikhathi eside.

Imithombo:

> Takayanagi, K, et al. Ukuqhathaniswa kwezimpendulo zomlomo nezomzwelo kubantu asebekhulile abanomqondo okhungathekileko obumnene / olinganiselayo nalabo abanesifo sengqondo sokucindezeleka okukhulu ekuphenduleni kwe-robot seal, i-PARO. Imingcele Ye-Neuroscience Ye-Aging. 2014; 6: 257.

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