Psychosocial Health Interventions by Social Robots: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Nicole Lee RobinsonTimothy Vaughan CottierDavid John KavanaghPublished in: Journal of medical Internet research (2019)
Controlled research on social robots is at an early stage, as is the current range of their applications to health care. Research on social robot interventions in clinical and health settings needs to transition from exploratory investigations to include large-scale controlled trials with sophisticated methodology, to increase confidence in their efficacy.