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"Robots for Good": 10 questions we should start asking

March 2024

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In a recent paper (Sabanovic et al, 2023), we outlined 10 questions that we (researchers, reviewers, grant agencies, policy makers, the general public) should start asking developers of socially assistive robots.

Here are a couple of pieces written about our work (in Hebew):

 

What can physical therapists do to help patients adhere to home exercises?

March 2024

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Our new paper, led by Liran Kalderon (in the picture above), together with Yoav Gimmon, Azriel Kaplan and Amit Wofowitz, has the answers. Below is a link to one of the news coverages of this work:

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Social robots for good at the UN's ITU Global Summit "AI for Good"

November 2022

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What a pleasure it was to be on this panel with such accomplished leaders in the field of HRI

Social robots vs. VR for cognitive training

March 2022

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Listen to an interview with Prof. Shelly Levy-Tzedek on the 3 Who Know morning show [in Hebrew]

00:00 / 08:40

And another one on the Better Living weekend show [in Hebrew]

00:00 / 09:39

And check out the paper we discussed in these interviews: [LINK]

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Orit Cohavi, who ran this study

A glimpse into research

July 2021

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Our lab was featured on this short video, produced for the CABGU Gala event, showcasing 4 labs who are part of the Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience at BGU:

50 women in robotics you need to know about

2021

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Check out this list of accomplished roboticists - proud to be a part of it

Social robots for older adults

December 2021

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Listen to an interview with Prof. Shelly Levy-Tzedek on the Kan Tarbut morning show [in Hebrew; item starts at minute 5:13 of the audio recording]

Interacting with the PARO robot reduces pain perception & oxytocin levels

June 2020

Dr. Nirit Geva (pictured right) did her postdoctoral work in the lab on whether 

a robotic pet can help reduce pain

perception

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The paper was published in Scientific Reports [LINK], and got covered by:

 

IEEE Spectrum [in English]

NPR's podcast The Loh Down on Science [in English]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ynet [in Hebrew]

3 Who Know podcast [in Hebrew, listen to the interview here:]

Pain PalNPR's podcast The Loh Down on Science
00:00 / 01:30
PARO reduces pain3 Who Know Podcast
00:00 / 06:00

Private investigators

May 2020

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Our lab was featured on Ynet's column on PIs [in Hebrew]

A winning hand

May 2019

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An article on the novel system the CAR lab team developed for long-term post-stroke rehabilitation with the robot Pepper [in Hebrew]

Robots affect how humans behave

October 2018

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Agenda radio talk show - with host Keren Neubach [in Hebrew]

Robots affect how humans behave - Agenda radio talk show with Keren Neubach
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Humanoid Robot-Based Physical Therapy for Neurological Rehabilitation

June 2018

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Ronit Feingold-Polak interviews in a podcast on

 

her PhD work with humanoid robots for

 

post-stroke rehabilitation [in English]

 

and in Channel 10's TV show [in Hebrew]

The Importance

of Medical Innovation

May 2018

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Faculty of Health Sciences Innovation Forum [in Hebrew]

Smart Robots

April 2018

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The Jerusalem Report [In English]

Trust in Human-Robot Interactions in Rehabilitation

September 2018

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in the picture - article in the Maariv newspaper [in Hebrew]

"Three who know" podcast [in Hebrew]

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Celebrating Pepper's talk at the President's event

June 2018

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BGU Magazine [in Hebrew]

Playing tic-tac-toe with a robot for rehab

April 2018

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Read about our project, led by Dr. Danny Eizicovitz, in collaboration with Prof. Yael Edan of Industiral Engineering and Management, and with Dr. Iris Tabak from the department of Education in:

 

IEEE Spectrum [in English]

 

TechCrunch [in English]

 

The Jerusalem Post [in English]

 

Access the academic journal paper here:

Celebrating Independence in Research and in Teaching

April 2018

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BGU Magazine - special issue on independence

[in Hebrew]

Robots in our world

January 2018

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"Three who know" talk show - TV & Radio [in Hebrew]

Robots in Rehab

November 2017

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"Three who Know" podcast [in Hebrew]

Robots in Rehab - Three who know podcast
00:00 / 00:00

Playing the "mirror game" with a robot

October 2017

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Read about Shir Kashi's study in:

 

Healthcare Analytic News [in English]

 

and in the Jerusalem Post [in English]

 

Access the academic journal paper here: 

40 most promising young people, The Marker Magazine, Haaretz

October, 2016

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[in Hebrew]

Radio interview - Robots and physical therapy

Feb 2016, Radio Darom

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[In Hebrew]

Radio interview - Radio Darom
00:00 / 00:00

Dance with Parkinson's

April 2018

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Dec 2015, German News article (SWR)

For the interview with Dr. Levy-Tzedek at the culmination of this project [in English], see: [LINK]

The Ben Gurion University Magazine

March 2015

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[In Hebrew]

The new therapist's assistant

May 2017

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Article in the BGU magazine [in Hebrew]

Interview Beer Sheva Net

October 2016

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[In Hebrew]

Robots in Therapy

Jan 2016, BGU Campaign

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The BGU campagain highlights the interdisciplinary nature of our project in designing engaging robotic interactions in threapy

Playing with Robots in Rehab

Nov 2015, BGU News

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[In Hebrew]

The importance of movement in Parkinson's disease

2014, IUC

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A brief interview on Pakinson's disease, and the benefits of Tai Chi

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