From the JAMA Network: Socially Assistive Robots, Part 2

05/08/2025 21 min
From the JAMA Network: Socially Assistive Robots, Part 2

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In this follow-up to a 2017 interview with JAMA Medical News, the University of Southern California’s Maja Matarić, PhD, the computer scientist who pioneered the field of socially assistive robotics, discusses how artificial intelligence is advancing the field in areas ranging from autism to physical rehabilitation to anxiety and depression. Related Content: Social Robots That Help Support People’s Health Are Getting a Boost From AI Socially Assistive Robots