RoboAtlas Summary
PARO is an interactive therapeutic seal robot developed by AIST and commercialized through licensed ventures and international distributors for care settings.
Last verified: 2026.08.19
Overview
Products listed
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Official positioning
PARO is designed to make the documented benefits of animal therapy available where live animals present treatment or logistical difficulties, including hospitals and extended-care facilities.
Hardware scope
The public PARO product is an eighth-generation seal-mimetic robot with tactile, light, audition, temperature and posture sensors.
Intelligence scope
PARO senses people and its environment and adapts its behavior through interaction; AIST describes its development as therapeutic-robot and human-interaction research.
Products
Active products
People
Takanori Shibata
PARO developer
AIST researcher associated with PARO therapeutic-robot development.
Timeline
- Product released
Paro
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