BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Warsaw BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:CET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250618T175752Z UID:C7954D67-C2B1-45B8-8101-FA36B49FD9E5 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20250618T094500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20250618T111500 DESCRIPTION:Robotic Animals in Care and Therapy: Past - Present - Future\n\ nSummary\n\nThinking about robots today conjures up images of humanoid fig ures with metal exoskeletons or AI-powered machines with realistic human f aces\, reflecting the science fiction fantasies that have fired people’s imaginations for many years. However\, throughout history there has been a constant fascination with self-driving machines in the form of animals. People have been creating robotic and automated animals for hundreds of ye ars.\n\nModern societies are struggling with numerous problems such as agi ng\, shrinking of the productive population\, a shortage of professional a nd family caregivers for the sick and disabled\, increasing demand for car e and therapy\, and increasing loneliness of people living in single-perso n households. In response to these problems\, and due to the positive impa ct of animals on human functioning confirmed in many studies\, attempts to imitate animal characteristics using artificial intelligence were initiat ed in Japan as early as the 1990s. In 1993\, Takanori Shibata from the Int elligent System Research Institute designed the Paro seal. Currently\, Jap an is the leader in the production of robotic animals.\n\nThe contemporary offer of companion animals in care and therapy includes many different so lutions aimed at helping sick and disabled people and their caregivers ach ieve the highest possible quality of life\, and especially to endure the f eeling of loneliness to the greatest extent possible.\n\nThe aim of the wo rk is to review articles published in the years 2010-2025 and addressing t he issue of the use of robotic animals in care and therapy.\n\nCo-sponsore d by: Poznan University of Technology\n\nSpeaker(s): Mioslawa Nowak\n\nRoo m: room 230\, Bldg: CENTER FOR MECHATRONICS\, BIOMECHANICS\, AND NANOENGIN EERING\, POZNAŃ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY\, ul. Jana Pawła II 24\, 60-965 Poznań\, Poland\, Poznań\, Wielkopolskie\, Poland\, 60-965 LOCATION:Room: room 230\, Bldg: CENTER FOR MECHATRONICS\, BIOMECHANICS\, AN D NANOENGINEERING\, POZNAŃ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY\, ul. Jana Pawła II 24\, 60-965 Poznań\, Poland\, Poznań\, Wielkopolskie\, Poland\, 60-965 ORGANIZER:adam.dabrowski@put.poznan.pl SEQUENCE:17 SUMMARY:Robotic Animals in Care and Therapy: Past - Present - Future URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/487873 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0c m\; text-align: justify\; line-height: 150%\; tab-stops: center 8.0cm\;">< strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0 pt\; line-height: 150%\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\;">Robotic Animals in Care and Therapy: Past - Present - Future<span style="mso-tab-c ount: 1\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\; </span></span></strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="ma rgin-bottom: 0cm\; text-align: justify\; line-height: 150%\;"><strong styl e="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; line-h eight: 150%\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\;">Summary</span></str ong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm\; text-align: jus tify\; line-height: 150%\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; line-height: 150%\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\;">Thinking about robots toda y conjures up images of humanoid figures with metal exoskeletons or AI-pow ered machines with realistic human faces\, reflecting the science fiction fantasies that have fired people&rsquo\;s imaginations for many years. How ever\, throughout history there has been a constant fascination with self- driving machines in the form of animals. People have been creating robotic and automated animals for hundreds of years.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNor mal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm\; text-align: justify\; line-height: 150%\; "><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; line-height: 150%\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\;">Modern societies are struggling with numerous proble ms such as aging\, shrinking of the productive population\, a shortage of professional and family caregivers for the sick and disabled\, increasing demand for care and therapy\, and increasing loneliness of people living i n single-person households. In response to these problems\, and due to the positive impact of animals on human functioning confirmed in many studies \, attempts to imitate animal characteristics using artificial intelligenc e were initiated in Japan as early as the 1990s. In 1993\, Takanori Shibat a from the Intelligent System Research Institute designed the Paro seal. C urrently\, Japan is the leader in the production of robotic animals.</span ></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm\; text-align: justif y\; line-height: 150%\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; line-height: 150 %\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\;">The contemporary offer of com panion animals in care and therapy includes many different solutions aimed at helping sick and disabled people and their caregivers achieve the high est possible quality of life\, and especially to endure the feeling of lon eliness to the greatest extent possible.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm\; text-align: justify\; line-height: 150%\;"><sp an style="font-size: 12.0pt\; line-height: 150%\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\;">The aim of the work is to review articles published in th e years 2010-2025 and addressing the issue of the use of robotic animals i n care and therapy.</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR