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Volunteer Robot Technology in the Pediatric Cancer Community

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Ekawati Prihatini1, *, Dewi Permata Sari1, Ema Laila1, Tiur Simanjuntak1, Nyayu Latifah Husni1, Ade Silvia Handayani1
1Polytechnic of Sriwijaya, Jalan Srijaya Negara, Palembang, South of Sumatera, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: ekawati_p@polsri.ac.id
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Ekawati Prihatini
Available Online 26 June 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-118-0_52How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Non-pharmacological therapy; Volunteer Robot; Socially Interactive Robot (SIR); IoT
Abstract

Cancer has a significant impact on the mental health of patients, particularly children. Cancer causes significant physical and psychological changes in cancer patients, ranging from sadness and worry to fear of the future and death. When dealing with cancer, these young patients must go through a series of treatment or recovery procedures that take time and cause psychological effects such as boredom, anxiety, and stress. Music therapy, for example, is a non-pharmacological therapy that can help reduce the psychological effects described above. Music therapy can also help cancer patients with psychological symptoms such as lowering, improving mood, reducing distress, and overcoming depression. The importance of this research emerged as a form of care and social support for children with cancer who seek refuge in a halfway house, where the researchers have designed a robot that will later assist volunteers in carrying out mentoring activities for children with cancer. This Volunteer Robot will assist in determining the mental health of children with cancer patients, reminding them of drug consumption schedules, and eventually becoming an Entertaining Robot that will produce sounds and music for children with cancer. This Volunteer Robot falls into the Socially Interactive Robot (SIR) category due to the incorporation of AI and IoT on the robot, which allows it to interact with Sound and Music and be controlled remotely via Android.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 6th FIRST 2022 International Conference (FIRST-ESCSI-22)
Series
Atlantis Highlights in Engineering
Publication Date
26 June 2023
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10.2991/978-94-6463-118-0_52
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2589-4943
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10.2991/978-94-6463-118-0_52How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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