10th International Congress on Information and Communication Technology in concurrent with ICT Excellence Awards (ICICT 2025) will be held at London, United Kingdom | February 18 - 21 2025.
Authors - Maya Dimitrova, Nina Valchkova Abstract - The paper presents the concept of a ‘cyber-physical nurse’ from a feasibility perspective for wider inclusion in healthcare, in particular in relation to empathic communication with the patient. The results of a pilot study on user perception of two robotic and one human faces are presented and discussed in this context. Users attributed positive features to neutral agents’ facial expressions, but not negative, which increases the feasibility of introducing social robots in healthcare. Some guidelines for cyber-physical nurse design are discussed, addressing challenges to its possible implementation in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and home care settings.
