{"id":12278,"date":"2015-03-27T19:15:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T19:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12278"},"modified":"2015-03-27T19:15:23","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T19:15:23","slug":"robotic-otter-used-for-emotional-therapy-has-raspberry-pi-as-a-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12278","title":{"rendered":"Robotic otter used for emotional therapy has Raspberry Pi as a heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrum.ieee.org\/img\/ollie-1427254048126.jpg?resize=560%2C314\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Students on an MIT Product Engineering Processes course in 2013 decided to build a product to help patients suffering from\u00a0anxiety and depression as a result of dementia. It&#8217;s a cute baby otter called Ollie who responds to touches from the person holding it. It has robotic arms moved by wires wrapped in silicon and it has a waterproof coat underneath a washable fur coat just in case of spills and accidents. You can <a href=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/automaton\/robotics\/medical-robots\/mit-ollie-the-baby-otter-therapy-robot\" target=\"_blank\">read more over at the IEEE site<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/designed.mit.edu\/gallery\/view-2013-Ollie.html\" target=\"_blank\">watch the pitch video here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The future of the product is in question as nothing has come out of it, but it&#8217;s great to see the Pi being used for such a great purpose.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spectrum.ieee.org\/img\/ollienaked-1427253698679.jpg?resize=560%2C467\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"467\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students on an MIT Product Engineering Processes course in 2013 decided to build a product to help patients suffering from\u00a0anxiety and depression as a result of dementia. 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