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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Study title: <\/strong>Using Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Social Robots to Improve Children’s Healthcare Experiences<\/p>\nStudy description: <\/strong>S<\/span>ocially assistive robots <\/span>are <\/span>increasingly <\/span>being <\/span>used<\/span> to manage pain and distress experienced by children in clinical settings<\/span>.<\/span> Our international team of researchers, clinicians, and engineers has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced social robot that provides personalized support to children during needle-based procedures. The robot system was co-designed with patients and families, and tested for usability. The robot is now being assessed in a multi-centre randomized controlled trial at two <\/span>Canadian <\/span>p<\/span>a<\/span>ediatric emergency departments<\/span>, <\/span>the <\/span>Hospital for Sick Children <\/span>(Ontario) <\/span>and Stollery Children\u2019s Hospital<\/span> (Alberta). <\/span><\/p>\nThe <\/span>innovative AI-enhanced <\/span>robot system aims<\/span>\u00a0to improve youth and adolescent health interventions <\/span>in <\/span>managing pain <\/span>using next generation technology in real-world clinical settings.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/lite-youtube><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Funding for this work was generously provided by:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/iouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/05\/ESRC.png\" "\\"ESRC\\"")
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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Study title: <\/strong>Using Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Social Robots to Improve Children’s Healthcare Experiences<\/p>\n Study description: <\/strong>S<\/span>ocially assistive robots <\/span>are <\/span>increasingly <\/span>being <\/span>used<\/span> to manage pain and distress experienced by children in clinical settings<\/span>.<\/span> Our international team of researchers, clinicians, and engineers has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced social robot that provides personalized support to children during needle-based procedures. The robot system was co-designed with patients and families, and tested for usability. The robot is now being assessed in a multi-centre randomized controlled trial at two <\/span>Canadian <\/span>p<\/span>a<\/span>ediatric emergency departments<\/span>, <\/span>the <\/span>Hospital for Sick Children <\/span>(Ontario) <\/span>and Stollery Children\u2019s Hospital<\/span> (Alberta). <\/span><\/p>\n The <\/span>innovative AI-enhanced <\/span>robot system aims<\/span>\u00a0to improve youth and adolescent health interventions <\/span>in <\/span>managing pain <\/span>using next generation technology in real-world clinical settings.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div> Funding for this work was generously provided by:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":455,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3059","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n