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Qoobo, the cushion robot with no face or voice that communicates only by wagging its tail
Yukai Engineering presents Qoobo as a therapeutic robot with no face and no voice, which communicates only with its tail.
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When stroked, Qoobo gently waves its tail. If rubbed, the tail beats in a more playful way. From time to time it also wags it on its own, as if to say hello, according to the manufacturer.
The cushion does not understand the meaning of words, Yukai Engineering warns. The company suggests communicating with it by stroking.
The manufacturer says it put 38 people through a psychological assessment. According to the company, their stress levels fell markedly when they used Qoobo.
Yukai Engineering also had the effect of the tail measured on 40 residents of care homes for older people. According to the company, they commented on the robot, stroked it and talked more with each other, and the effect lasted throughout the 3 weeks of the experiment.
Source
- Yukai Engineering (official product pages) · qoobo.info
