February 5, 2013 
Wired had an article recently about how robots are replacing people over time. The article talked about TUG which is a robot used in hospitals. It also mentioned MindMentor.com which it called the site of the world’s first robot therapist. Interestingly, it says that after a 1-2 hour session, that 47% of patients said that their problems were solved. From the 2008 article, it sounds like there’s some opportunities for improvement in terms of NLP, avatars, and other technologies.
That seems high. I would think it would take more sessions. Additionally, I would think that people don’t get their problems solved that easily.
While this solution is on sabatical (due to lack of funding), the article went on to talk about USC’s Bandit robot for kids with autism.
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