Kushniruk Andre W, Kuang Weichen, Borycki Elizabeth M
School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Canada.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2025 Apr 8;323:374-378. doi: 10.3233/SHTI250115.
Humanoid robots, designed to resemble the human form, are increasingly becoming an integral technology used in healthcare and education. This paper focuses on the NAO robot, which is engineered with advanced capabilities such as speech recognition, facial expression analysis, and complex motor functions. These features enable NAO to interact with humans more naturally and intuitively. The NAO robot's versatility allows it to assist in therapeutic settings, enhance learning experiences, and provide emotional support. This scoping review describes the ways in which NAO robots' have developed for their application and implementation in healthcare and education from a human factors perspective. Findings revealed an increasing range of applications of the robot in healthcare for supporting well-being management, social communication with children, engagement and learning about health, as well as monitoring and supporting healthcare for the elderly and the frail.
仿人机器人旨在模仿人类形态，正日益成为医疗保健和教育领域不可或缺的技术。本文聚焦于NAO机器人，它具备语音识别、面部表情分析和复杂运动功能等先进能力。这些特性使NAO能够更自然、直观地与人类互动。NAO机器人的多功能性使其能够在治疗环境中提供协助、增强学习体验并给予情感支持。本综述从人因学角度描述了NAO机器人在医疗保健和教育领域的应用与实施发展情况。研究结果显示，该机器人在医疗保健领域的应用范围不断扩大，包括支持健康管理、与儿童进行社交沟通、参与健康学习以及监测和支持老年人及体弱人群的医疗保健。
