Exploring the Development of Home Robots with Exercise Companion

• Main Authors: Karishma Bali, 巴卡莉
• Other Authors: Tung, Wei-Fung
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4rjwsr

碩士 === 輔仁大學 === 國際創業與經營管理學程碩士在職專班 === 107 === Artificial Intelligence in today’s world is very quickly becoming a topic of interest across multiple industries and fields. With numerous platforms, the growing technology is immense globally. A topic of interest within this platform are of companion robots assisting in exercise therapy. Companion robots are robots that are created to supplement real or apparent companionship for human beings. Put simply, the main goal of this study is to analyze existing literature and current trends of artificial intelligence as applied in companion robots for exercise therapy in the elderly. Specifically, focusing on the exploration for companion robots as exercise companions. The research and analysis of this paper are presented via a content analysis, Google Trends, and Socialbakers. These platforms use real-world search data to analyze the type and projection of growth of worldly interest in companion robots. Using this information, this study then predicts and offer suggestions of the business and future implications and directions for the developers of Zenbo, and other companion robots for use of exercise therapy in the Asian market.