In this paper, we outline plans to create a robot capable of ethical mediation of the relationship between people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and their caregiver to alleviate discrimination due to facial masking, a symptom of PD. We also discuss the initial step in creating the mediator robot: assessing if people with PD would accept robots into their treatment. We examine the opinions of people with PD after they have discussed their health with a robot and a human.
@incollection{iros14parkinsons,
title={Reactions of People with Parkinson's Disease to a Robot Interviewer},
author={Priscilla Briggs and Matthias Scheutz and Linda Tickle-Degnen},
year={2014},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Workshop on Assistive Robotics for Individuals with Disabilities at IROS 2014},
url={https://hrilab.tufts.edu/publications/iros14parkinsons.pdf}
}