What is it about?
MOSU buddy is a social robot intended to accompany a person going through a process of grief. It is 3D printed and it has a touch screen for the user to interact with. It also has two OLED screens as eyes, portraying different emotions based on the user's interactions.
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Why is it important?
The covid 19 pandemic left many people going through a process of grief while everyone's effort was focused on overcoming the illness. The focus was not on the emotional support people needed in difficult and isolated times but it is an issue that many will face in the years to come. Around 10% of people going through grief cannot overcome it and fall into prolonged grief disorder. Our aim is that Mosu will be an initial step into peoples recovery.
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This page is a summary of: Mosu Buddy, March 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery),
DOI: 10.1145/3568294.3580213.
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