PARO is a therapeutic baby harp seal robot, intended to be very cute and to have a calming effect on and elicit emotional responses in patients of hospitals and nursing homes, similar to animal-assisted therapy except using robots. == History == Paro was designed by Takanori Shibata of the Intelligent System Research Institute of Japan's AIST beginning in 1993.
PARO is a therapeutic baby harp seal robot, intended to be very cute and to have a calming effect on and elicit emotional responses in patients of hospitals and nursing homes, similar to animal-assisted therapy except using robots. == History == Paro was designed by Takanori Shibata of the Intelligent System Research Institute of Japan's AIST beginning in 1993.
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