Robotics in Dementia Care
Event Date:
Saturday, October 26, 2019 - 9:00am to 10:30am EDT
Event Location:
Faculty Lounge
Event Contact Name:
Brenda Magajna
Event Contact E-mail:
Robotics in Dementia Patient Care
Dr. Arshia Khan & Pepper
Saturday, October 26, 2019
9:00 am – 10:30 am
Faculty Lounge
Our Keynote speaker, Dr. Arshia Khan, Associate Professor, Swenson College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota, and her robot “Pepper” will present on “Robotics in Dementia Patient Care”. The keynote presentation will include overall implications of robotic assistive technologies beyond dementia in terms of "bringing care home”, a presentation that will be open to the public.
You can see “Pepper” in action here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZWdV7qnopE