AbleData Factsheet: Socially Assistive Robots

According to the World Health Organization, 450 million people worldwide are currently affected by mental health conditions, and one in four people ultimately will be in their lifetime. Companionship has been shown to help alleviate many types of mental health conditions and discourage health-damaging behaviors. However, finding companionship may be difficult, especially if you are managing a mental health condition. That’s one of the reasons why many researchers and manufacturers have been developing socially assistive robots (SARs) over the past decade.