The five-year, $3.13 million grant will deploy social-assistive robots at Ohio Living Westminster-Thurber and Chapel Hill Community in Canal Fulton near Canton for an eight-week trial. The study is aimed at curbing loneliness and apathy in older adults, especially for those with dementia.
July 20, 2020
From the Columbus Dispatch: Ohio State and Vanderbilt receive grant to develop socially-assistive robots for older adults
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